Hi there mgjk,
I had a similar problem not too long ago and received the following answer here in the forum: How to handle frequently changing targets - #4 by Martin
It was suggested to clone the target, not the task and then change the target in the original task. This will only work however, if the task was created as “alterable”.
I’m not really happy with this solution myself, but it seems to be the only way to achieve what you have described.
Cheers
David