Fair Value Measurements - Fair value for the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Fair Value, Recurring
Fair Value Measurements
Number of warrants outstanding	19,333,303	19,333,303
Reconciliation
Balance at the beginning	$ 11,779	$ 9,117
Change in fair value	(4,987)	(2,325)
Balance at the end	$ 6,792	$ 6,792
Public Warrants
Fair Value Measurements
Number of warrants outstanding	12,684,423	12,684,423	11,666,636
Public Warrants \| Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 1
Fair Value Measurements
Number of warrants outstanding	12,684,423	12,684,423
Reconciliation
Balance at the beginning	$ 5,576	$ 4,900
Change in fair value	(1,644)	(968)
Balance at the end	$ 3,932	$ 3,932
Private Placement Warrants
Fair Value Measurements
Number of warrants outstanding	6,648,880	6,648,880	7,666,667
Private Placement Warrants \| Fair Value, Recurring \| Level 2
Fair Value Measurements
Number of warrants outstanding	6,648,880	6,648,880
Reconciliation
Balance at the beginning	$ 6,203	$ 4,217
Change in fair value	(3,343)	(1,357)
Balance at the end	$ 2,860	$ 2,860

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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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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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