diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts
index 796c4c6e24b..0d1fc7ff143 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/pluginExtensions.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { DataQuery } from '@grafana/schema';
+
 import { RawTimeRange, TimeZone } from './time';
 
 // Plugin Extensions types
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export type PluginExtensionPanelContext = {
   timeRange: RawTimeRange;
   timeZone: TimeZone;
   dashboard: Dashboard;
-  targets: Target[];
+  targets: DataQuery[];
 };
 
 type Dashboard = {
@@ -81,8 +83,3 @@ type Dashboard = {
   title: string;
   tags: string[];
 };
-
-type Target = {
-  pluginId: string;
-  refId: string;
-};
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.test.ts
index 41c0011959c..391f4bf82c1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.test.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ describe('getPanelMenu()', () => {
         targets: [
           {
             refId: 'A',
-            pluginId: 'testdata',
+            datasource: {
+              type: 'testdata',
+            },
           },
         ],
         dashboard: {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts
index c8b7dea7086..405e971c6a0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/utils/getPanelMenu.ts
@@ -332,16 +332,13 @@ function createExtensionContext(panel: PanelModel, dashboard: DashboardModel): P
     id: panel.id,
     pluginId: panel.type,
     title: panel.title,
-    timeRange: Object.assign({}, dashboard.time),
+    timeRange: dashboard.time,
     timeZone: dashboard.timezone,
     dashboard: {
       uid: dashboard.uid,
       title: dashboard.title,
       tags: Array.from<string>(dashboard.tags),
     },
-    targets: panel.targets.map((t) => ({
-      refId: t.refId,
-      pluginId: t.datasource?.type ?? 'unknown',
-    })),
+    targets: panel.targets,
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/getPluginExtensions.test.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/getPluginExtensions.test.ts
index d68b0e1f130..54d5b63b838 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/getPluginExtensions.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/getPluginExtensions.test.ts
@@ -246,4 +246,43 @@ describe('getPluginExtensions()', () => {
     expect(global.console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(global.console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('[Plugin Extensions] Something went wrong!');
   });
+
+  test('should pass a frozen copy of the context to the onClick() function', () => {
+    const context = { title: 'New title from the context!' };
+
+    link2.path = undefined;
+    link2.onClick = jest.fn();
+
+    const registry = createPluginExtensionRegistry([{ pluginId, extensionConfigs: [link2] }]);
+    const { extensions } = getPluginExtensions({ registry, context, extensionPointId: extensionPoint2 });
+    const [extension] = extensions;
+
+    assertPluginExtensionLink(extension);
+    extension.onClick?.({} as React.MouseEvent);
+
+    const helpers = (link2.onClick as jest.Mock).mock.calls[0][1];
+
+    expect(link2.configure).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(Object.isFrozen(helpers.context)).toBe(true);
+    expect(() => {
+      helpers.context.title = 'New title';
+    }).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test('should should not freeze the original context', () => {
+    const context = {
+      title: 'New title from the context!',
+      nested: { title: 'title' },
+      array: ['a'],
+    };
+
+    const registry = createPluginExtensionRegistry([{ pluginId, extensionConfigs: [link2] }]);
+    getPluginExtensions({ registry, context, extensionPointId: extensionPoint2 });
+
+    expect(() => {
+      context.title = 'Updating the title';
+      context.nested.title = 'new title';
+      context.array.push('b');
+    }).not.toThrow();
+  });
 });