Employee Benefit Plan, Schedule, Delinquent Participant Contribution (Details) - EBP 001	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
EBP, Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contribution [Line Items]
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EBP, Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contribution, Not Corrected	$ 0
EBP, Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contribution, Corrected Outside VFCP	0
EBP, Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contribution, Pending Correction in VFCP	1,737,785
EBP, Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contribution, Corrected	$ 0

Amount of delinquent participant contribution corrected under Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) and Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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

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Amount of delinquent participant contribution corrected outside Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph a
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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- Definition

Indicates (true false) whether late participant loan repayment was included in delinquent participant contribution for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
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-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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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.

+ References

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

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Amount of delinquent participant contribution not corrected for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
-Paragraph a
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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Amount of delinquent participant contribution pending correction in Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 10
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-Publisher DOL-EBSA

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