Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 001	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) fund	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) fund	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Pretax, maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage	75.00%
Maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage	20.00%
Matching percentage		100.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage		10.00%
Minimum borrowing, amount	$ 1,000	$ 1,000
Maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000	$ 50,000
Maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%	50.00%
Repayment period		5 years
Basis spread on variable rate		1.00%
Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution		$ 500	$ 9
Forfeited nonvested account	$ 156,718	$ 156,718	$ 74,859
Mutual funds
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Number of investment funds \| fund	28	28
Employer shares
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Number of investment funds \| fund	2	2
Money market funds
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Number of investment funds \| fund	1	1
Vested At Minimum $10,000
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing, amount	$ 10,000	$ 10,000
Vested amount	$ 10,000	$ 10,000

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EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Vested Amount

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EBP, Participant Contribution, After Tax, Maximum Annual Contribution to Eligible Compensation, Percentage

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EBP, Participant Loan, Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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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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- Definition

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
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-Publisher FASB
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Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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