Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500 (Deemed Distributions) (Details) - EBP025 [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500 [Line Items]
Certain deemed distributions of participant loans per the financial statements	$ 0
Add: Loans deemed distributed current year	46,090
Deduct: Loans deemed distributed prior year	(39,498)
Certain deemed distributions of participant loans per the Form 5500	$ 6,592

Amount of decrease in net asset available for benefit for deemed distribution of participant loan.

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Amount of loans deemed distributed in the current year.

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Amount of decrease in net asset available for benefit for deemed distribution of participant loan as reported in Form 5500 caption for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Form 5500 is form provided by Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Department of Labor (DOL), Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA); and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 1
-Paragraph b
-Subparagraph (3)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (i)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478416/962-205-50-1

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