Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Subscription Amount Per Employee

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Stock Plan Offering Period

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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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 highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Stockholders' Equity - Equity Incentive Plans (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			4 years
Award vesting percentage per year			25.00%
RSUs \| Tranche 1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		4 years
Award vesting percentage per year		25.00%
RSUs \| Tranche 2
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		36 months
Shares issuable pursuant to the ESPP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)		2,500,000	2,500,000
Maximum deduction percentage of eligible compensation	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
Maximum purchase value during offering period, per employee	$ 25,000
Stock plan offering period			6 months
Purchase price of common stock, percentage of fair value			85.00%
2011 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)		23,578,923	23,578,923	21,689,410
Common stock, shares available for future issuance		0	0	609,804
2011 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award expiration period			10 years
Award vesting period			4 years
Award vesting percentage per year			25.00%
2019 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)		14,400,000	14,400,000
Common stock, shares available for future issuance		12,367,582	12,367,582
2019 Equity Incentive Plan \| Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award expiration period	10 years
Award vesting period	4 years
Award vesting percentage per year	25.00%