diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2a237f..4c8f3a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## Fixed
+
+- Fixes [#2037](https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/issues/2037) - Autolinks can end up getting saved with invalid (cached) properties
+
 ## [12.1.0] - 2022-06-14
 
 ## Added
@@ -4213,6 +4219,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 - Initial release but still heavily a work in progress.
 
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/compare/v12.1.0...HEAD
 [12.1.0]: https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/compare/v12.0.7...gitkraken:v12.1.0
 [12.0.6]: https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/compare/v12.0.6...gitkraken:v12.0.7
 [12.0.6]: https://github.com/gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/compare/v12.0.5...gitkraken:v12.0.6
diff --git a/src/annotations/autolinks.ts b/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
index b1bd83a..2938feb 100644
--- a/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
+++ b/src/annotations/autolinks.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export class Autolinks implements Disposable {
 
 	private onConfigurationChanged(e?: ConfigurationChangeEvent) {
 		if (configuration.changed(e, 'autolinks')) {
-			this._references = this.container.config.autolinks ?? [];
+			const autolinks = configuration.get('autolinks');
+			// Since VS Code's configuration objects are live we need to copy them to avoid writing back to the configuration
+			this._references = autolinks != null ? autolinks.map(a => ({ ...a })) : [];
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ export class Autolinks implements Disposable {
 		issuesOrPullRequests?: Map<string, IssueOrPullRequest | PromiseCancelledError | undefined>,
 	): ref is CacheableAutolinkReference | DynamicAutolinkReference {
 		if (isDynamic(ref)) return true;
+		if (!ref.prefix || !ref.url) return false;
 
 		try {
 			if (ref.messageMarkdownRegex == null) {