Confidence adjustment for read error handling using strobe information

A method comprising:

• performing, by a processing device, on encoded host data stored in a memory device, a read operation comprising a sequence of strobes;
• obtaining first data from applying the sequence of strobes;
• obtaining second data from applying a last strobe of the sequence of strobes, the last strobe being performed most recently among the sequence of strobes;
• identifying, based on the first data and the second data, one or more faulty bits of the first data;
• obtaining, for each faulty bit of the one or more faulty bits of the first data, a respective likelihood value reflecting a probability of the bit be decoded as a specific binary value;
• and
• decoding, using the likelihood values, the encoded host data to produce decoded data.

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

• performing, on encoded host data stored in a memory device, a read operation comprising a sequence of strobes;
• obtaining first data from applying the sequence of strobes;
• obtaining second data from applying a last strobe of the sequence of strobes, the last strobe being performed most recently among the sequence of strobes;
• identifying, based on the first data and the second data, one or more faulty bits of the first data;
• obtaining, for each faulty bit of the one or more faulty bits of the first data, a respective likelihood value reflecting a probability of the bit be decoded as a specific binary value;
• and
• decoding, using the likelihood values, the encoded host data to produce decoded data.