Debt - Additional Information (Details) - Loan and Security Agreement - Oxford Finance LLC	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($) Tranche	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 50,000,000.0
Number of tranches \| Tranche	5
Line of credit facility, Maturity period	Nov. 01, 2026
Line of credit facility frequency of payments		monthly interest-only payments
Line of credit facility, extension period	1 year
Final payment fee percentage	6.50%
Interest expense		$ 200,000
Effective interest rate percentage	11.00%
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment fee percentage	1.00%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment fee percentage	2.00%
Tranche One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000.0
Tranche Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current borrowing capacity	10,000,000.0
Tranche, available period		July 1, 2022 to December 30, 2022
Tranche Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current borrowing capacity	$ 20,000,000.0
Equal To Sum Of A \| Floor Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, additional interest rate	0.08%
Equal To Sum Of B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, interest rate	7.87%

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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