Description of the Plan - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Jul. 09, 2025
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Fees paid to recordkeeper	$ 1,635,000
Amount payable to recordkeeper	$ 0	$ 0
EBP 004
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Pretax, maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage	100.00%
Pretax, maximum employee deferral or rollover, percentage	50.00%
Receivable from plan merger (Note 1)	$ 72,562,000	$ 0
Note receivable liquidated	$ 156,000
Matching percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	6.00%	5.00%
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution	$ 3,071,000
Forfeited nonvested account	$ 1,658,000	$ 744,000
Maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%
Maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000
Minimum vested balance eligible for distribution			$ 0.01
Maximum vested balance eligible for distribution			$ 7,000
EBP 004 \| Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	4.25%	4.25%
Involuntary cash-out limit	$ 1,000
EBP 004 \| Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	9.50%	9.50%
Involuntary cash-out limit	$ 5,000

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EBP, Distributions To Participants, Minimum Balance Required

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Company contribution and/ or investment earning percentage vesting to the participant in Company Matching Contributions, Fixed Rate Contributions, Discretionary Profit-Sharing Contributions, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions, and Disability Contributions, upon completion of minimum service period or attainment of maximum vesting age

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EBP, Involuntary Cash-out Limit

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EBP, Note Receivable, Liquidated

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Maximum Annual Employee Deferral Or Rollover, Percentage

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EBP, Receivable From Plan Merger

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EBP, Related Party And Party-In-Interest Transactions, Amount Payable To Recordkeeper

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EBP, Related Party And Party-In-Interest Transactions, Fees Paid To Recordkeeper

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- Definition

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
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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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

Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
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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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- Definition

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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- 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (1)(i)(D)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
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-Publisher FASB
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