Description of the Plan and Accounting Policies (Details) - EBP 38-0572512-001 - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, Requisite Service Period	30 days
EBP, Maximum Discounted Purchase Price	85.00%
EBP, Investment, Purchased, Number of Shares	1,020,641	1,070,713	1,334,460
EBP, Shares reserved for future use	2,333,889
EBP, Investment, Number of Shares	7,402,525
EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Maximum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation, Percentage	10.00%
EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Maximum Annual Compensation, Amount	$ 25,000
EBP, employees owning shares, voting power	5.00%

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EBP, Maximum Discounted Purchase Price

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 205
-Topic 962
-Publisher FASB
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Number of shares or units of investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
-Section 103
-Subsection 6
-Paragraph d
-Subparagraph (1)(ii)
-Publisher DOL-EBSA

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
-Number 2520
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Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Number of shares or units of investment purchased by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute.

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Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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-Topic 962
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