Methods, systems, and devices for improving write quality in memory systems are described. The memory system may receive, from a host system, a command to perform an operation. The memory system may determine an availability parameter that indicates processing resources of the memory system that are available to perform the operation based on receiving the command. In some cases, the memory system may transmit, to the host system, a message comprising the availability parameter, and the host system may delay transmission of one or more pending commands based on receiving the message comprising the availability parameter.