  For integers $k>\ell\ge0$, a graph $G$ is $(k,\ell)$-stable if
$\alpha(G-S)\geq \alpha(G)-\ell$ for every $S\subseteq V(G)$ with $|S|=k$. A
recent result of Dong and Wu [SIAM J. Discrete Math., 36 (2022) 229--240] shows
that every $(k,\ell)$-stable graph $G$ satisfies $\alpha(G) \le \lfloor
({|V(G)|-k+1})/{2}\rfloor+\ell$. A $(k,\ell)$-stable graph $G$ is tight if
$\alpha(G) = \lfloor ({|V(G)|-k+1})/{2}\rfloor+\ell$; and $q$-tight for some
integer $q\ge0$ if $\alpha(G) = \lfloor ({|V(G)|-k+1})/{2}\rfloor+\ell-q$. In
this paper, we first prove that for all $k\geq 24$, the only tight $(k,
0)$-stable graphs are $K_{k+1}$ and $K_{k+2}$, answering a question of Dong and
Luo [arXiv: 2401.16639]. We then prove that for all nonnegative integers $k,
\ell, q$ with $k\geq 3\ell+3$, every $q$-tight $(k,\ell)$-stable graph has at
most $k-3\ell-3+2^{3(\ell+2q+4)^2}$ vertices, answering a question of Dong and
Luo in the negative.
