Description of Plan (Details) - EBP 162	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic enrollment, percentage	6.00%
Matching contribution, percentage	50.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	6.00%
Retirement contributions, percentage	0.02
Maximum retirement contributions, percentage	2.00%
Vesting percentage	100.00%
Maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000
Maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Loan terms (in years)	1 year
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Loan terms (in years)	5 years

EBP, Employer Contribution, Maximum Retirement Of Eligible Compensation Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Retirement Percentage

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- Definition

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, Note Receivable From Participant, General Loan, Borrowing Term

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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
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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- Definition

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 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 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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- Definition

Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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