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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage For Each Quarter

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Withheld Employee Contributions, Current

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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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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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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

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Intrinsic value of outstanding award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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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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Equity-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Equity-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 01, 2022 $ / shares	Jul. 29, 2021 $ / shares	Feb. 28, 2021 tranche $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Jan. 01, 2022 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options, fair value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 1.84
Share-based payment, expense				$ 3,805,000	$ 3,858,000
Class B Unit Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 9.06
Incentive Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition				9 months 29 days
Incentive Units \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period						30 months	25 months
Cost not yet recognized, amount				$ 3,757,000
Incentive Units \| Class B Unit Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Incentive units participation threshold (in usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.00
Incentive units tranches \| tranche			3
Incentive Units \| Class B Unit Incentive Plan \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in usd per share) \| $ / shares			$ 5.19
Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period				10 years
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition				2 years 7 months 9 days
Vesting period				4 years
Intrinsic value				$ 3,733,000
Unrecognized compensation costs				$ 6,565,000
Stock Options \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage				25.00%
Stock Options \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage for each quarter				6.25%
Stock Options \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage for each quarter				6.25%
Stock Options \| Tranche Four
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage for each quarter				6.25%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 2.01
Cost not yet recognized, amount				$ 25,216,000
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition				3 years 3 months 25 days
Vesting period				4 years
Granted (in shares) \| shares				6,836,324
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage				25.00%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche One \| Non-employee Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage				25.00%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage for each quarter				6.25%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage for each quarter				6.25%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Tranche Four
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights, percentage for each quarter				6.25%
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 1.84
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition				11 months 23 days
Unrecognized compensation costs				$ 2,040,000
Granted (in shares) \| shares				1,133,026
Share-based payment, expense				$ 0
Employee Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition				2 months 1 day
Unrecognized compensation costs				$ 126,000
Employee Stock \| 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options, fair value (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.40
Shares reserved for ESPP (in shares) \| shares								3,974,948
Shares issued in period (in shares) \| shares				508,062
Withheld employee contributions				$ 510,000