diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java
index c3277bc..743e349 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/IntentData.java
@@ -68,6 +68,27 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Creates a new intent data object.
+     *
+     * @param intent intent this metadata references
+     * @param state intent state
+     * @param version version of the intent for this key
+     * @param origin ID of the node where the data was originally created
+     */
+    public IntentData(Intent intent, IntentState state, Timestamp version, NodeId origin) {
+        checkNotNull(intent);
+        checkNotNull(state);
+        checkNotNull(version);
+        checkNotNull(origin);
+
+        this.intent = intent;
+        this.state = state;
+        this.request = state;
+        this.version = version;
+        this.origin = origin;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Copy constructor.
      *
      * @param intentData intent data to copy
@@ -84,6 +105,18 @@
         errorCount = intentData.errorCount;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance based on the original instance with new installables.
+     *
+     * @param original original data
+     * @param installables new installable intents to set
+     */
+    public IntentData(IntentData original, List<Intent> installables) {
+        this(original);
+
+        this.installables = ImmutableList.copyOf(checkNotNull(installables));
+    }
+
     // kryo constructor
     protected IntentData() {
         intent = null;
@@ -131,15 +164,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the origin, which is the node that created the intent.
-     *
-     * @param origin origin instance
-     */
-    public void setOrigin(NodeId origin) {
-        this.origin = origin;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Returns the origin node that created this intent.
      *
      * @return origin node ID
@@ -158,20 +182,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the version for this intent data.
-     * <p>
-     * The store should call this method only once when the IntentData is
-     * first passed into the pending map. Ideally, an IntentData is timestamped
-     * on the same thread that the called used to submit the intents.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param version the version/timestamp for this intent data
-     */
-    public void setVersion(Timestamp version) {
-        this.version = version;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Increments the error count for this intent.
      */
     public void incrementErrorCount() {
@@ -198,15 +208,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the intent installables to the given list of intents.
-     *
-     * @param installables list of installables for this intent
-     */
-    public void setInstallables(List<Intent> installables) {
-        this.installables = ImmutableList.copyOf(installables);
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Returns the installables associated with this intent.
      *
      * @return list of installable intents
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleIntentStore.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleIntentStore.java
index 4a9eaa9..c374cd1 100644
--- a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleIntentStore.java
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/store/trivial/SimpleIntentStore.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     @Override
     public void addPending(IntentData data) {
         if (data.version() == null) { // recompiled intents will already have a version
-            data.setVersion(new SystemClockTimestamp());
+            data = new IntentData(data.intent(), data.state(), new SystemClockTimestamp());
         }
         synchronized (this) {
             IntentData existingData = pending.get(data.key());
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/Compiling.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/Compiling.java
index 5078b5d..6cef3a4 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/Compiling.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/Compiling.java
@@ -57,14 +57,12 @@
             List<Intent> compiled = processor.compile(data.intent(),
                     //TODO consider passing an optional here in the future
                     stored.isPresent() ? stored.get().installables() : null);
-            data.setInstallables(compiled);
-            return Optional.of(new Installing(processor, data, stored));
+            return Optional.of(new Installing(processor, new IntentData(data, compiled), stored));
         } catch (IntentException e) {
             log.debug("Unable to compile intent {} due to: {}", data.intent(), e);
             if (stored.isPresent() && !stored.get().installables().isEmpty()) {
                 // removing orphaned flows and deallocating resources
-                data.setInstallables(stored.get().installables());
-                return Optional.of(new Withdrawing(processor, data));
+                return Optional.of(new Withdrawing(processor, new IntentData(data, stored.get().installables())));
             } else {
                 return Optional.of(new Failed(data));
             }
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/WithdrawRequest.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/WithdrawRequest.java
index 8a0709e..a2c3dc0 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/WithdrawRequest.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/intent/impl/phase/WithdrawRequest.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
             }
         }
 
-        data.setInstallables(stored.get().installables());
-        return Optional.of(new Withdrawing(processor, data));
+        return Optional.of(new Withdrawing(processor, new IntentData(data, stored.get().installables())));
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java
index f87bd3d..b4bdf2c 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/intent/impl/GossipIntentStore.java
@@ -251,10 +251,12 @@
         checkNotNull(data);
 
         if (data.version() == null) {
-            data.setVersion(new WallClockTimestamp());
+            pendingMap.put(data.key(), new IntentData(data.intent(), data.state(),
+                    new WallClockTimestamp(), clusterService.getLocalNode().id()));
+        } else {
+            pendingMap.put(data.key(), new IntentData(data.intent(), data.state(),
+                    data.version(), clusterService.getLocalNode().id()));
         }
-        data.setOrigin(clusterService.getLocalNode().id());
-        pendingMap.put(data.key(), new IntentData(data));
     }
 
     @Override