Fix container machine setup script being dropped from artifact.

Package.swift

@@ -583,6 +583,12 @@ let package = Package(
             ],
             path: "Sources/Services/MachineAPIService/Client"
         ),
+        .testTarget(
+            name: "MachineAPIClientTests",
+            dependencies: [
+                "MachineAPIClient"
+            ]
+        ),
         .target(
             name: "MachineAPIService",
             dependencies: [

Sources/Services/MachineAPIService/Client/MachineClient.swift

@@ -390,10 +390,18 @@ extension MachineClient {
             }
         }
 
-        if var resources, let setupScript {
-            resources.setupScript = setupScript
-        }
+        return merge(resources: resources, setupScript: setupScript)
+    }
 
+    /// Merge a separately-fetched setup script into the decoded machine resources.
+    ///
+    /// `MachineResources` is a value type, so mutating a copy bound via `if var`
+    /// would not affect the returned value. Assign through the optional instead.
+    static func merge(resources: MachineResources?, setupScript: String?) -> MachineResources? {
+        var resources = resources
+        if let setupScript {
+            resources?.setupScript = setupScript
+        }
         return resources
     }
 }

Tests/MachineAPIClientTests/MachineClientMergeTests.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. and the container project authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import Testing
+
+@testable import MachineAPIClient
+
+struct MachineClientMergeTests {
+    @Test func mergeAppliesSetupScriptToResources() throws {
+        let resources = MachineResources(schemaVersion: 1, shell: "/bin/sh")
+        let merged = MachineClient.merge(resources: resources, setupScript: "echo hello")
+        #expect(merged?.setupScript == "echo hello")
+        #expect(merged?.shell == "/bin/sh")
+    }
+
+    @Test func mergeLeavesResourcesUnchangedWhenNoSetupScript() throws {
+        let resources = MachineResources(schemaVersion: 1, setupScript: "existing")
+        let merged = MachineClient.merge(resources: resources, setupScript: nil)
+        #expect(merged?.setupScript == "existing")
+    }
+
+    @Test func mergeReturnsNilWhenNoResources() throws {
+        let merged = MachineClient.merge(resources: nil, setupScript: "echo hello")
+        #expect(merged == nil)
+    }
+}