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This region of success is defined by two extreme configurations in the interaction between heat reservoirs and the working fluid. The first corresponds to a fully reversible limit, and the second one is the fully dissipative limit; in between both limits, the heat exchange between reservoirs and working fluid produces irreversibilities and entropy generation. The distance between these two extremal configurations is minimized, independently of the chosen metric, in the state where the efficiency is half the Carnot efficiency. This boundary encloses the region where irreversibilities dominate or the reversible behavior dominates (region of success). A general stability dynamics is proposed based on the endoreversible nature of the model and the operation parameter in charge of defining the operation regime. For this purpose, the maximum ecological and maximum Omega regimes are considered. The results show that for single perturbations, the dynamics rapidly directs the system towards the success region, and under random perturbations producing stochastic trajectories, the system remains always in this region. The results are contrasted with the case in which no restitution dynamics exist. It is shown that stability allows the system to depart from the original steady state to other states that enhance the system\u2019s performance, which could favor the evolution and specialization of systems in nature and in artificial devices.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e27080822","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,6]],"date-time":"2025-08-06T15:09:53Z","timestamp":1754492993000},"page":"822","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Linking Optimization Success and Stability of Finite-Time Thermodynamics Heat Engines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2896-7542","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julian","family":"Gonzalez-Ayala","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Physics, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"},{"name":"Institute of Physics and Mathematics (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2519-6014","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"P\u00e9rez-Gallego","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Physics, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"},{"name":"Institute of Physics and Mathematics (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9797-4909","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alejandro","family":"Medina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Applied Physics, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"},{"name":"Institute of Physics and Mathematics (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8930-9201","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9 M. 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