diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/api/processingResult.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/api/processingResult.ts
index 2fc2c9eac7..fdc8280ed0 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/api/processingResult.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/api/processingResult.ts
@@ -65,4 +65,8 @@ export const processingResult = Object.freeze({
   relation(spec: EntityRelationSpec): CatalogProcessorResult {
     return { type: 'relation', relation: spec };
   },
+
+  refresh(entity, key) {
+    return { type: 'refresh', entity, key };
+  },
 } as const);