Google has just saved itself a tremendous amount of time in AdSense customer support.
One of the most common questions I see in the Google AdSense forums is about the performance reports being delayed, stalled or very outdated.
Now, Google is showing a warning in read that notifies publishers that the reports are currently delayed. The warning reads:
We're sorry, some data in this report is delayed, please try again later. There's no impact to ad serving or payments.
Here is a screen shot:

Some publishers are calling this little notification a "major improvement" in terms of communication and clarity of what is going on in the system.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

Comments:
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12/12/2012 03:33 pm
Yeah, and when Google writes clearly, "There's no impact to ad serving or payments." then why to worry ? Every system and product needs a good upgrade right ?.... Possibly some pending bugs removed and publisher can some boost in their $ factory, or some better done in reporting...