Managing the programming of an open translation unit

A method comprising:

• determining a difference between a recorded time stamp for a first set of memory cells comprised by an open translation unit (TU) of memory cells and a current time stamp for the open TU, wherein the first set of memory cells comprises a most recently programmed set of memory cells;
• determining, based on a current temperature for the open TU and the difference between the recorded time stamp and the current time stamp, that a second set of memory cells comprised by the open TU is in a coarse programming state;
• and
• performing, using a reduced programming state verify level and a reduced programming state gate step size associated with the second set of memory cells, a programming operation on the second set of memory cells.

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

• determining a difference between a recorded time stamp for a first set of memory cells comprised by an open translation unit (TU) of memory cells and a current time stamp for the open TU, wherein the first set of memory cells comprises a most recently programmed set of memory cells;
• determining, based on a current temperature for the open TU and the difference between the recorded time stamp and the current time stamp, that a second set of memory cells comprised by the open TU is in a coarse programming state;
• and
• performing, using a reduced programming state verify level and a reduced programming state gate step size associated with the second set of memory cells, a programming operation on the second set of memory cells.