diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/time.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/time.ts
index 0eb2c51929d..4887961b9a3 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/time.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/time.ts
@@ -41,3 +41,9 @@ export interface TimeOptions {
 export type TimeFragment = string | DateTime;
 
 export const TIME_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss';
+
+export const DefaultTimeRange: TimeRange = {
+  from: {} as DateTime,
+  to: {} as DateTime,
+  raw: { from: '6h', to: 'now' },
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/panel.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/panel.ts
index 3eeab063966..618bc3d8dae 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/panel.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/panel.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ export interface PanelData {
   series: DataFrame[];
   request?: DataQueryRequest;
   error?: DataQueryError;
+  // Contains the range from the request or a shifted time range if a request uses relative time
+  timeRange: TimeRange;
 }
 
 export interface PanelProps<T = any> {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelChrome.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelChrome.tsx
index a6d5d1fa36c..0d7dadaa928 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelChrome.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/PanelChrome.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import templateSrv from 'app/features/templating/template_srv';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
 // Types
 import { DashboardModel, PanelModel } from '../state';
-import { LoadingState, ScopedVars, AbsoluteTimeRange, toUtc, toDataFrameDTO } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, ScopedVars, AbsoluteTimeRange, toUtc, toDataFrameDTO, DefaultTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 
 const DEFAULT_PLUGIN_ERROR = 'Error in plugin';
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export class PanelChrome extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       data: {
         state: LoadingState.NotStarted,
         series: [],
+        timeRange: DefaultTimeRange,
       },
     };
   }
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export class PanelChrome extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     if (this.hasPanelSnapshot) {
       this.setState({
         data: {
+          ...this.state.data,
           state: LoadingState.Done,
           series: getProcessedDataFrames(panel.snapshotData),
         },
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ export class PanelChrome extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
     const PanelComponent = plugin.panel;
     const innerPanelHeight = calculateInnerPanelHeight(panel, height);
+    const timeRange = data.timeRange || this.timeSrv.timeRange();
 
     return (
       <>
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ export class PanelChrome extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
           <PanelComponent
             id={panel.id}
             data={data}
-            timeRange={data.request ? data.request.range : this.timeSrv.timeRange()}
+            timeRange={timeRange}
             timeZone={this.props.dashboard.getTimezone()}
             options={panel.getOptions()}
             transparent={panel.transparent}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueriesTab.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueriesTab.tsx
index 81a783196e4..4ecf0bc612e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueriesTab.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueriesTab.tsx
@@ -2,25 +2,29 @@
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { css } from 'emotion';
-
 // Components
 import { EditorTabBody, EditorToolbarView } from './EditorTabBody';
 import { DataSourcePicker } from 'app/core/components/Select/DataSourcePicker';
 import { QueryInspector } from './QueryInspector';
 import { QueryOptions } from './QueryOptions';
-import { PanelOptionsGroup, TransformationsEditor } from '@grafana/ui';
+import {
+  PanelOptionsGroup,
+  TransformationsEditor,
+  DataQuery,
+  DataSourceSelectItem,
+  PanelData,
+  AlphaNotice,
+  PluginState,
+} from '@grafana/ui';
 import { QueryEditorRow } from './QueryEditorRow';
-
 // Services
 import { getDatasourceSrv } from 'app/features/plugins/datasource_srv';
 import { getBackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
-
 // Types
 import { PanelModel } from '../state/PanelModel';
 import { DashboardModel } from '../state/DashboardModel';
-import { DataQuery, DataSourceSelectItem, PanelData, AlphaNotice, PluginState } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { LoadingState, DataTransformerConfig } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, DataTransformerConfig, DefaultTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PluginHelp } from 'app/core/components/PluginHelp/PluginHelp';
 import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
 import { isSharedDashboardQuery, DashboardQueryEditor } from 'app/plugins/datasource/dashboard';
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ export class QueriesTab extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     data: {
       state: LoadingState.NotStarted,
       series: [],
+      timeRange: DefaultTimeRange,
     },
   };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.test.ts
index 2c98e45971c..708d9929230 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { LoadingState, toDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, toDataFrame, dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PanelData, DataQueryRequest } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { filterPanelDataToQuery } from './QueryEditorRow';
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ describe('filterPanelDataToQuery', () => {
       makePretendRequest('sub2'),
       makePretendRequest('sub3'),
     ]),
+    timeRange: { from: dateTime(), to: dateTime(), raw: { from: 'now-1d', to: 'now' } },
   };
 
   it('should not have an error unless the refId matches', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.tsx
index 31b0377a032..d598c5e914d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/QueryEditorRow.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-
 // Utils & Services
 import { getDatasourceSrv } from 'app/features/plugins/datasource_srv';
 import { AngularComponent, getAngularLoader } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Emitter } from 'app/core/utils/emitter';
 import { getTimeSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
-
 // Types
 import { PanelModel } from '../state/PanelModel';
 import { DataQuery, DataSourceApi, PanelData, DataQueryRequest, ErrorBoundaryAlert } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -321,10 +319,13 @@ export function filterPanelDataToQuery(data: PanelData, refId: string): PanelDat
     state = LoadingState.Error;
   }
 
+  const timeRange = data.timeRange;
+
   return {
     state,
     series,
     request,
     error,
+    timeRange,
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/VisualizationTab.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/VisualizationTab.tsx
index 01c7408ea02..691d34f4cbc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/VisualizationTab.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/panel_editor/VisualizationTab.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 // Libraries
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
-
 // Utils & Services
 import { AngularComponent, getAngularLoader } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { connectWithStore } from 'app/core/utils/connectWithReduxStore';
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
 import { updateLocation } from 'app/core/actions';
-
 // Components
 import { EditorTabBody, EditorToolbarView } from './EditorTabBody';
 import { VizTypePicker } from './VizTypePicker';
 import { PluginHelp } from 'app/core/components/PluginHelp/PluginHelp';
 import { FadeIn } from 'app/core/components/Animations/FadeIn';
-
 // Types
-import { PanelModel } from '../state';
-import { DashboardModel } from '../state';
+import { PanelModel, DashboardModel } from '../state';
 import { VizPickerSearch } from './VizPickerSearch';
 import PluginStateinfo from 'app/features/plugins/PluginStateInfo';
 import { PanelPlugin, PanelPluginMeta, PanelData } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { PanelCtrl } from 'app/plugins/sdk';
 import { Unsubscribable } from 'rxjs';
-import { LoadingState } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, DefaultTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 
 interface Props {
   panel: PanelModel;
@@ -57,6 +53,7 @@ export class VisualizationTab extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       data: {
         state: LoadingState.NotStarted,
         series: [],
+        timeRange: DefaultTimeRange,
       },
     };
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv.ts
index 7d8fcaed7df..c9854816920 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/services/TimeSrv.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 // Libraries
 import _ from 'lodash';
-
 // Utils
 import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
 import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
-import { dateMath } from '@grafana/data';
-
 // Types
-import { TimeRange, RawTimeRange, TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
+import {
+  dateMath,
+  DefaultTimeRange,
+  TimeRange,
+  RawTimeRange,
+  TimeZone,
+  toUtc,
+  dateTime,
+  isDateTime,
+} from '@grafana/data';
 import { ITimeoutService, ILocationService } from 'angular';
 import { ContextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import { DashboardModel } from '../state/DashboardModel';
-import { toUtc, dateTime, isDateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getZoomedTimeRange, getShiftedTimeRange } from 'app/core/utils/timePicker';
 
 export class TimeSrv {
@@ -32,7 +37,7 @@ export class TimeSrv {
     private contextSrv: ContextSrv
   ) {
     // default time
-    this.time = { from: '6h', to: 'now' };
+    this.time = DefaultTimeRange.raw;
 
     $rootScope.$on('zoom-out', this.zoomOut.bind(this));
     $rootScope.$on('shift-time', this.shiftTime.bind(this));
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.test.ts
index f305c1bd693..d48ea0590f6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { DataFrame, LoadingState, dateTime } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PanelData, DataSourceApi, DataQueryRequest, DataQueryResponse } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Subscriber, Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { runRequest } from './runRequest';
+import { deepFreeze } from '../../../../test/core/redux/reducerTester';
 
 jest.mock('app/core/services/backend_srv');
 
@@ -186,19 +187,56 @@ describe('runRequest', () => {
 
   runRequestScenario('If time range is relative', ctx => {
     ctx.setup(async () => {
+      // any changes to ctx.request.range will throw and state would become LoadingState.Error
+      deepFreeze(ctx.request.range);
       ctx.start();
+
       // wait a bit
       await sleep(20);
 
       ctx.emitPacket({ data: [{ name: 'DataB-1' } as DataFrame] });
     });
 
-    it('should update returned request range', () => {
-      expect(ctx.results[0].request.range.to.valueOf()).not.toBe(ctx.fromStartTime);
+    it('should add the correct timeRange property and the request range should not be mutated', () => {
+      expect(ctx.results[0].timeRange.to.valueOf()).toBeDefined();
+      expect(ctx.results[0].timeRange.to.valueOf()).not.toBe(ctx.toStartTime.valueOf());
+      expect(ctx.results[0].timeRange.to.valueOf()).not.toBe(ctx.results[0].request.range.to.valueOf());
+
+      expectThatRangeHasNotMutated(ctx);
+    });
+  });
+
+  runRequestScenario('If time range is not relative', ctx => {
+    ctx.setup(async () => {
+      ctx.request.range.raw.from = ctx.fromStartTime;
+      ctx.request.range.raw.to = ctx.toStartTime;
+      // any changes to ctx.request.range will throw and state would become LoadingState.Error
+      deepFreeze(ctx.request.range);
+      ctx.start();
+
+      // wait a bit
+      await sleep(20);
+
+      ctx.emitPacket({ data: [{ name: 'DataB-1' } as DataFrame] });
+    });
+
+    it('should add the correct timeRange property and the request range should not be mutated', () => {
+      expect(ctx.results[0].timeRange).toBeDefined();
+      expect(ctx.results[0].timeRange.to.valueOf()).toBe(ctx.toStartTime.valueOf());
+      expect(ctx.results[0].timeRange.to.valueOf()).toBe(ctx.results[0].request.range.to.valueOf());
+
+      expectThatRangeHasNotMutated(ctx);
     });
   });
 });
 
+const expectThatRangeHasNotMutated = (ctx: ScenarioCtx) => {
+  // Make sure that the range for request is not changed and that deepfreeze hasn't thrown
+  expect(ctx.results[0].request.range.to.valueOf()).toBe(ctx.toStartTime.valueOf());
+  expect(ctx.results[0].error).not.toBeDefined();
+  expect(ctx.results[0].state).toBe(LoadingState.Done);
+};
+
 async function sleep(ms: number) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     setTimeout(resolve, ms);
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
index 7000ede35b3..7dce1c59eea 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/runRequest.ts
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ export function processResponsePacket(packet: DataQueryResponse, state: RunningQ
   packets[packet.key || 'A'] = packet;
 
   // Update the time range
-  let timeRange = request.range;
-  if (isString(timeRange.raw.from)) {
-    timeRange = {
-      from: dateMath.parse(timeRange.raw.from, false),
-      to: dateMath.parse(timeRange.raw.to, true),
-      raw: timeRange.raw,
-    };
-  }
+  const range = { ...request.range };
+  const timeRange = isString(range.raw.from)
+    ? {
+        from: dateMath.parse(range.raw.from, false),
+        to: dateMath.parse(range.raw.to, true),
+        raw: range.raw,
+      }
+    : range;
 
   const combinedData = flatten(
     lodashMap(packets, (packet: DataQueryResponse) => {
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@ export function processResponsePacket(packet: DataQueryResponse, state: RunningQ
   const panelData = {
     state: packet.state || LoadingState.Done,
     series: combinedData,
-    request: {
-      ...request,
-      range: timeRange,
-    },
+    request,
+    timeRange,
   };
 
   return { packets, panelData };
@@ -75,6 +73,7 @@ export function runRequest(datasource: DataSourceApi, request: DataQueryRequest)
       state: LoadingState.Loading,
       series: [],
       request: request,
+      timeRange: request.range,
     },
     packets: {},
   };
@@ -96,6 +95,7 @@ export function runRequest(datasource: DataSourceApi, request: DataQueryRequest)
       request.endTime = Date.now();
 
       state = processResponsePacket(packet, state);
+
       return state.panelData;
     }),
     // handle errors
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryStatus.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryStatus.test.tsx
index 46debf76e8e..e3e44f9ffca 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryStatus.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryStatus.test.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 
-import { LoadingState } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, TimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 import { PanelData } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import QueryStatus from './QueryStatus';
 
 describe('<QueryStatus />', () => {
   it('should render with a latency', () => {
-    const res: PanelData = { series: [], state: LoadingState.Done };
+    const res: PanelData = { series: [], state: LoadingState.Done, timeRange: {} as TimeRange };
     const wrapper = shallow(<QueryStatus latency={0} queryResponse={res} />);
     expect(wrapper.find('div').exists()).toBeTruthy();
   });
   it('should not render when query has not started', () => {
-    const res: PanelData = { series: [], state: LoadingState.NotStarted };
+    const res: PanelData = { series: [], state: LoadingState.NotStarted, timeRange: {} as TimeRange };
     const wrapper = shallow(<QueryStatus latency={0} queryResponse={res} />);
     expect(wrapper.getElement()).toBe(null);
   });
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts
index 79bd276e9ac..6069d8fcf5b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('Explore item reducer', () => {
         .givenReducer(itemReducer as Reducer<ExploreItemState, ActionOf<any>>, initalState)
         .whenActionIsDispatched(scanStartAction({ exploreId: ExploreId.left }))
         .thenStateShouldEqual({
-          ...makeExploreItemState(),
+          ...initalState,
           scanning: true,
         });
     });
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('Explore item reducer', () => {
         .givenReducer(itemReducer as Reducer<ExploreItemState, ActionOf<any>>, initalState)
         .whenActionIsDispatched(scanStopAction({ exploreId: ExploreId.left }))
         .thenStateShouldEqual({
-          ...makeExploreItemState(),
+          ...initalState,
           scanning: false,
           scanRange: undefined,
         });
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
index d687435cb72..03a7a1a0bb6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   refreshIntervalToSortOrder,
 } from 'app/core/utils/explore';
 import { ExploreItemState, ExploreState, ExploreId, ExploreUpdateState, ExploreMode } from 'app/types/explore';
-import { LoadingState, toLegacyResponseData } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState, toLegacyResponseData, DefaultTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 import { DataQuery, DataSourceApi, PanelData, DataQueryRequest } from '@grafana/ui';
 import {
   HigherOrderAction,
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export const createEmptyQueryResponse = (): PanelData => ({
   request: {} as DataQueryRequest<DataQuery>,
   series: [],
   error: null,
+  timeRange: DefaultTimeRange,
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
index ee3c81e44f2..ee13a440830 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -131,15 +131,16 @@ class MetricsPanelCtrl extends PanelCtrl {
       }
 
       if (data.request) {
-        const { range, timeInfo } = data.request;
-        if (range) {
-          this.range = range;
-        }
+        const { timeInfo } = data.request;
         if (timeInfo) {
           this.timeInfo = timeInfo;
         }
       }
 
+      if (data.timeRange) {
+        this.range = data.timeRange;
+      }
+
       if (this.useDataFrames) {
         this.handleDataFrames(data.series);
       } else {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts
index 603cd65a7af..0941d85bc67 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/runSharedRequest.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { DataQuery, PanelData, DataSourceApi } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { QueryRunnerOptions } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelQueryRunner';
-import { DashboardQuery } from './types';
+import { DashboardQuery, SHARED_DASHBODARD_QUERY } from './types';
 import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
-import { LoadingState } from '@grafana/data';
-import { SHARED_DASHBODARD_QUERY } from './types';
+import { LoadingState, DefaultTimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
 
 export function isSharedDashboardQuery(datasource: string | DataSourceApi) {
   if (!datasource) {
@@ -76,5 +75,6 @@ function getQueryError(msg: string): PanelData {
     state: LoadingState.Error,
     series: [],
     error: { message: msg },
+    timeRange: DefaultTimeRange,
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/test/core/redux/reducerTester.ts b/public/test/core/redux/reducerTester.ts
index ffcbbf20ee3..5a0cf7f7b69 100644
--- a/public/test/core/redux/reducerTester.ts
+++ b/public/test/core/redux/reducerTester.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface ObjectType extends Object {
   [key: string]: any;
 }
 
-const deepFreeze = <T>(obj: T): T => {
+export const deepFreeze = <T>(obj: T): T => {
   Object.freeze(obj);
 
   const isNotException = (object: any, propertyName: any) =>