Yes the feeling is not good. Really though the reason is that potential hit to the journal’s reputation in this case, not the feelings of the research team (who

Yes the feeling is not good. Really though the reason is that potential hit to the journal’s reputation in this case, not the feelings of the research team (who already paid the journal to submit the work after all). You might then suggest that the journal should be prepared to also review the code alongside the claims it produced in the article — this seems like a good idea to me too but in reality would require hiring more reviewers (doubtful the tenured nonagenarians are up to the task), all while tightening the restrictions on the submitters. Just doesn’t make sense for a business.