FWIW, I noticed this:
At the same time, a couple of weeks ago, a Chrome browser extension that I use updated to a new version with an error embedded that made it non-functional.
The developer corrected the minor error and it took 2-3 weeks for it to pass Google “review.” When he inquired, Google advised him to be patient: Review was backlogged at this time, nothing they could do.
During that time, his app did not appear in the Chrome Web Store.