Qatar changed my flight causing a 9.5 hour layover

Hoping to find out some data points on what others have experienced with this. Qatar changed our flight from the Maldives from a 3 hour to a 9.5 hour layover. I would have been fine with switching the US hub, but was told they won’t if no award seats are open. They won’t confirm if they can book us a transit hotel, since it’s an award booking. We are grateful that the long flight is still in Qsuites, so we’re debating just accepting the change or if there are any drawbacks to holding off in case a shorter layover option pops back up.