Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Schedule of Change in Preferred Stock Purchase Right Liability (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Abstract]
Balance, January 1, 2020		$ 1,478
Change in fair value of preferred stock purchase right liability		40,163
Reclassification of preferred stock purchase right liability to equity upon issuance of convertible preferred stock		$ (41,641)

Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliations Reclassification of preferred stock purchase right liability to equity upon issuance of convertible preferred stock.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income from liability measured at fair value on recurring basis using unobservable input (level 3).

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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