Mitigating slow read disturb in a memory sub-system

A method comprising:

• responsive to receiving a request to perform a read operation on a block of a memory device, incrementing a counter associated with the block to track a number of read operations performed on the block;
• setting a timer associated with the block to an initial value;
• determining that respective values of the counter and the timer have reached respective final values;
• and
• responsive to determining that the respective values of the counter and the timer have reached the respective final values, issuing a voltage discharge command to the block, wherein issuing the voltage discharge command results in the block reaching a ground voltage.

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

• responsive to receiving a request to perform a read operation on a block of a memory device, incrementing a counter associated with the block to track a number of read operations performed on the block;
• setting a timer associated with the block to an initial value;
• determining that respective values of the counter and the timer have reached respective final values;
• and
• responsive to determining that the respective values of the counter and the timer have reached the respective final values, issuing a voltage discharge command to the block, wherein issuing the voltage discharge command results in the block reaching a ground voltage.