Description Of The Plan - Additional Infomation (Details) - EBP 001 [Member] - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Vesting percentage of rollover contributions	100.00%
EBP, Forfeited nonvested account.	$ 106,199	$ 758,196
EBP, Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution	$ 3,601,473	$ 7,779,907
EBP, Participant contribution, investment in stock fund, percentage	25.00%
EBP, Participant contribution, rebalance or reallocate to stock fund, percentage	25.00%
EBP, Defined contribution plan automatic enrolment contribution rate	5.00%
EBP, Defined contribution plan automatic contribution increase rate	1.00%
EBP, Defined contribution plan maximum automatic contribution rate	10.00%
Elective Contribution [Member]
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Defined contribution plan participant contribution percentage minimum	1.00%
EBP, Defined contribution plan participant contribution percentage maximum	75.00%
Catch Up Contribution [Member]
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Defined contribution plan participant contribution percentage minimum	1.00%
EBP, Defined contribution plan participant contribution percentage maximum	75.00%
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Notes Receivable from Participants
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Note receivable from participant, account, minimum borrowing, amount	$ 1,000
Employee benefit plan, maximum loan allowed.	2
EBP, Note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000
EBP, Note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Notes Receivable from Participants \| Maximum [Member]
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Asset held for investment, participant loan, interest rate	9.50%	9.50%
Investment, Identifier [Axis]: Notes Receivable from Participants \| Minimum [Member]
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Asset held for investment, participant loan, interest rate	3.25%	3.25%
Employer NonElective Contributions [Member]
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage	2.00%
EBP, Participant contribution, pretax, maximum annual compensation, amount	$ 350,000	$ 345,000
401(k) Matching Contributions [Member]
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage	5.00%
EBP, Participant contribution, pretax, maximum annual compensation, amount	$ 350,000	$ 345,000

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Employee benefit plan defined contribution plan automatic enrolment contribution rate.

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Employee benefit plan defined contribution plan maximum automatic contribution rate.

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Employee benefit plan defined contribution plan participant contribution percentage maximum.

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Employee benefit plan, maximum loan allowed.

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Employee benefit plan participant contribution, investment in stock fund, percentage.

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Employee benefit plan participant contribution rebalance or reallocate to stock fund percentage.

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Employee benefit plan vesting percentage of rollover contributions.

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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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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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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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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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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
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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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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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