I wanted to ask if there’s some way to simulate pub/sub like behavior. We need to be able to send a request in some way and carry on with operations on the frontend while the backend does whatever operation needed and sends the response back.
Yes, this is possible. You can find this feature in: Quick Access → Messaging Channels.
Messaging API is also available in API Services Codeless and in UI Builder. You can read more about this feature in the documentation here: