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Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) (Details) - Community Financial System, Inc. 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
shares
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Participant loans $ 4,909,378
Total 509,337,923
Mutual funds  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Current Value $ 368,463,156
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Amercent Small Cap Value, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:AmercentSmallCapValueMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 386,954
Current Value $ 3,474,848
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:AmericanFundsEuropacificGrowthFundMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 288,156
Current Value $ 17,456,519
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Charles Schwab IDA Account, Self-Directed Brokerage  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:CharlesSchwabIdaAccountMember
Investment type Self-Directed Brokerage
Current Value $ 8,046,915
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Community Financial System, Inc, Common Stock  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:CommunityFinancialSystemIncCommonStockMember
Investment type Common stock of plan sponsor
Number of shares | shares 1,451,117
Current Value $ 83,352,180
Investment party in interest true
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:DfaEmergingMarketsCoreEquityMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 189,101
Current Value $ 5,499,046
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: DFA Real Estate Securities I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:DfaRealEstateSecuritiesIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 41,773
Current Value $ 1,658,387
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Federated Total Return Bond Fund, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:FederatedTotalReturnBondFundMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 1,338,590
Current Value $ 12,837,082
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:GuggenheimMacroOpportunitiesFundMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 165,024
Current Value $ 4,130,548
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: HB&T Metlife Stable Value Fund R0, Stable Value Fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:HbTMetlifeStableValueFundR0Member
Investment type Stable Value Fund
Number of shares | shares 2,150,753
Current Value $ 30,906,317
Investment party in interest true
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:JpmorganLargeCapGrowthFundMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 593,728
Current Value $ 51,321,820
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Neuberger Berman Small Cap Growth Trust Fund, Mutual Fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:NeubergerBermanSmallCapGrowthTrustFundMember
Investment type us-gaap:DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember
Number of shares | shares 1,244,962
Current Value $ 13,659,977
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: T. Rowe Price Div Mid-Cap Growth Fund I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:T.RowePriceDivMidCapGrowthFundIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 239,226
Current Value $ 11,262,779
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:T.RowePriceMidCapValueFundIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 293,027
Current Value $ 9,397,387
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: T. Rowe Price Spectrum Conserv Alloc Fund I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:T.RowePriceSpectrumConservAllocFundIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 169,494
Current Value $ 3,467,840
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: T. Rowe Price Spectrum Mod Alloc Fund I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:T.RowePriceSpectrumModAllocFundIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 181,568
Current Value $ 4,544,658
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: T. Rowe Price Spectrum Mod Growth Alloc Fund I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:T.RowePriceSpectrumModGrowthAllocFundIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 70,434
Current Value $ 2,998,360
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Equity Income Admiral, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardEquityIncomeAdmiralMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 260,558
Current Value $ 24,208,436
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Institutional Index I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardInstitutionalIndexIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 69,878
Current Value $ 38,578,660
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Mid-Cap Index I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardMidCapIndexIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 158,070
Current Value $ 12,547,591
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund I, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardSmallCapIndexFundIMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 92,335
Current Value $ 11,410,799
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2020, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2020Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 273,543
Current Value $ 7,508,742
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2025, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2025Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 783,096
Current Value $ 15,622,770
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2030, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2030Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 837,935
Current Value $ 35,469,781
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2035, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2035Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 835,932
Current Value $ 22,887,816
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2040, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2040Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 361,512
Current Value $ 18,057,531
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2045, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2045Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 296,465
Current Value $ 10,299,196
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2050, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2050Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 260,735
Current Value $ 15,456,356
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2055, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2055Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 96,019
Current Value $ 6,352,631
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2060, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2060Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 90,858
Current Value $ 5,540,507
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2065, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2065Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 8,203
Current Value $ 328,378
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement 2070, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirement2070Member
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 7,852
Current Value $ 249,846
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Target Retirement Income, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTargetRetirementIncomeMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 687,431
Current Value $ 9,534,674
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Vanguard Total Bond Index Admiral, Mutual fund  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Investment issuer name cbu:VanguardTotalBondIndexAdmiralMember
Investment type Mutual funds
Number of shares | shares 650,990
Current Value $ 6,360,168
Minimum  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Participant loans, interest rate 3.25%
Maximum  
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)  
Participant loans, interest rate 9.25%