Share-Based Payment Arrangements Narrative (Details) - FalconStor Software, Inc., 2018 Incentive Stock Plan - shares	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2022	Jun. 22, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares Authorized (in shares)		1,692,797	1,471,997
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized	220,800

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

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120381028&loc=d3e5070-113901

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