Using a status indicator in a memory sub-system to detect an event

A system comprising:

• a plurality of memory components;
• and
• a processing device, operatively coupled with the plurality of memory components, to perform operations comprising:
• receiving an indication of an initialization of power to a memory component;
• in response to receiving the indication of the initialization, identifying a last written page of a data block of the memory component, wherein the last written page is associated with a status indicator;
• determining whether the status indicator is readable;
• and
• responsive to determining that the status indicator is readable, determining that programming of data to the data block of the memory component did complete and there is a data retention loss.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• receive data to be written to one or more data blocks at a memory component;
• write the data to the one or more data blocks;
• and
• program a status indicator associated with a last page of the one or more data blocks that the data was written to, wherein the status indicator indicates that the writing of the data did not complete based on a prior loss of power to the memory component.