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Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent Of Employee's Elective Contributions

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Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent Of Employee's Elective Contributions, Additional

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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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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Employee Benefit Plan (Details) - USD ($)	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Employee Benefit Plan (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 09, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Employer discretionary contribution amount		$ 0	$ 0
Subsequent Event
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution, percent of match	100.00%
Employer matching contribution, percent of employee's elective contributions	3.00%
Employer matching contribution, additional percent of match	50.00%
Employer matching contribution, additional percent of employee's elective contributions	2.00%