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Employee benefit plan increase in participant contribution eligible compensation percentage.

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Employee benefit plan participant contribution eligible compensation percentage.

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- Definition

Employee benefit plan, participant loan, basis spread on variable rate.

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Employee benefit plan participant loan origination fee.

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Employee benefit plan, participant loan, variable interest rate description.

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- Definition

Amount of net asset available for benefit transferred to (from) employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from (to) external plan.

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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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- Definition

Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Number of participants in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute.

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Plan Description - Additional Information (Details) - EBP 001					12 Months Ended
	Apr. 22, 2026 USD ($)	Apr. 15, 2026 USD ($) Participant	Jan. 01, 2026 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Increase in net assets available for benefits resulting from participant reinvestments into Plan				$ 2,085,000	$ 0	$ 2,085,000
Employee benefit plan, increase in participant contribution percentage					1.00%
Employee benefit plan, participant contribution, pretax, maximum annual compensation, amount					$ 23,500	23,000
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage					4.00%
Employee benefit plan, forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution					$ 39,000	19,000
Employee benefit plan, participant account, minimum borrowing amount					1,000
Employee benefit plan, participant account, maximum borrowing amount					$ 50,000
Employee benefit plan, participant account, maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage					50.00%
Employee benefit plan, participant loan, variable interest rate description					United States (“U.S.”) prime lending rate plus 1%
Employee benefit plan, participant loan, variable interest rate					1.00%
Employee benefit plan, participant loan origination fee					$ 75
First 3% of Employees Eligible Pay Contribution
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, matching percentage					100.00%
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage					3.00%
Next 2% of Employees Eligible Pay Contribution
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, matching percentage					50.00%
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage					2.00%
Subsequent Event
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, number of participants \| Participant		700
Increase in net assets available for benefits resulting from participant reinvestments into Plan	$ 3,506,000	$ 255,820,000
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, matching percentage			100.00%
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage			4.00%
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, participant contribution percentage					1.00%
Employee benefit plan, participant loan, interest rate					4.25%
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, participant contribution percentage					50.00%
Employee benefit plan, additional participant contribution					$ 7,500	$ 7,500
Employee benefit plan, participant loan, interest rate					9.50%
Maximum \| Subsequent Event
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, additional participant contribution			$ 11,250