Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) - EBP 050 - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
EBP, Accounting Policy [Line Items]
Distributions payable to participants	$ 0	$ 0
Notes receivable from participants, allowance for credit losses	$ 0	$ 0

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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6A-02)
-Publisher FASB
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Section S50
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of allowance for credit loss on note receivable from participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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Amount of liability to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Section S99
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