In your case, I would check the Hyperlink log that captures a time that the distributions were not received.
Information about distribution execution is logged in the SASVisualAnalyticsHyperlink.log. This log is located in SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/Web/Logs/SASServerx_y/.
Note that a delay sounds like it might be your email server.
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