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Cybersecurity Insurance, Maximum

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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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The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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Number of claims dismissed.

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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Cyber Related Matters (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Cyber Related Matters (Details) $ in Millions	Jan. 31, 2026 claim	Aug. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Business Interruption Loss [Line Items]
Cybersecurity insurance, maximum amount		$ 15.0		$ 15.0
Moveit Vulnerability
Business Interruption Loss [Line Items]
Loss contingency, claims dismissed, number \| claim	23
Loss contingency, pending claims, number \| claim	33
Cyber incident costs		3.5	$ 0.7	6.1	$ 2.1
Insurance recoveries		$ 1.1	$ 0.4	$ 4.5	$ 1.7