Stock-Based Compensation - Earn-Out Restricted Shares - General Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Feb. 02, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Escrowed Earn-Out Shares, vesting, minimum closing share price (in dollars per share)	$ 18.00
Escrowed Earn-Out Shares, vesting, minimum closing share price, period begins following closing	1 year
Escrowed Earn-Out Shares, vesting, minimum closing share price, period ends following closing	5 years
Earn-out Shares, Earn-out Restricted Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards outstanding (in shares)	2,308,969
Aggregate grant date fair value		$ 15.8

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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