During the Friends: The Reunion (2021), when asked about this episode by host James Corden, all six cast members agreed that Ross and Rachel were indeed "on a break".
The background song played when Rachel and Ross broke up at Monica's apartment was the same song played when they were first together in Central Perk in Season 2.
Both Jennifer Aniston (Rachel) and Angela Featherstone (Chloe) would go on to work with Adam Sandler in separate movies: Aniston in Just Go with It (2011) and Featherstone in The Wedding Singer (1998). Christina Pickles who plays Ross and Monica's mother also appeared in The Wedding Singer (1998).