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Financial Assets and Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2024
Financial Assets And Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | As of October 31, 2024, the balances of our cash equivalents and short-term investments are as follows:
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses Less Than 12 Continuous Months |  | Gross Unrealized Losses 12 Continuous Months or Longer |  | Estimated Fair Value(1)
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 869,972 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 869,972 |
U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | 7,984 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,985 |
Total: | $ | 877,956 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 877,957 |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | $ | 19,411 |  |  | $ | 44 |  |  | $ | (6) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 19,449 |
Corporate debt securities | 105,024 |  |  | 349 |  |  | (115) |  |  | (2) |  |  | 105,256 |
Asset-backed securities | 29,061 |  |  | 130 |  |  | (7) |  |  | (20) |  |  | 29,164 |
Total: | $ | 153,496 |  |  | $ | 523 |  |  | $ | (128) |  |  | $ | (22) |  |  | $ | 153,869 |
(1)See Note 10. Fair Value Measurements for further discussion on fair values. The contractual maturities of our available-for-sale debt securities as of October 31, 2024 are as follows:
| Amortized Cost |  | Fair Value
| (in thousands)
Less than 1 year | $ | 57,022 |  |  | $ | 57,156 |
1-5 years | 92,217 |  |  | 92,449 |
5-10 years | 2,518 |  |  | 2,531 |
>10 years | 1,739 |  |  | 1,733 |
Total | $ | 153,496 |  |  | $ | 153,869 |
As of October 31, 2023, the balances of our cash equivalents and short-term investments are as follows:
| Amortized Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses Less Than 12 Continuous Months |  | Gross Unrealized Losses 12 Continuous Months or Longer |  | Estimated Fair Value(1)
| (in thousands)
Cash equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money market funds | $ | 10,129 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,129 |
U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | 2,994 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 2,994 |
Total: | $ | 13,123 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13,123 |
Short-term investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury, agency & T-bills | $ | 15,752 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (61) |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | 15,689 |
Municipal bonds | 515 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (16) |  |  | 499 |
Corporate debt securities | 103,213 |  |  | 13 |  |  | (455) |  |  | (396) |  |  | 102,375 |
Asset-backed securities | 33,245 |  |  | 21 |  |  | (93) |  |  | (97) |  |  | 33,076 |
Total: | $ | 152,725 |  |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | (609) |  |  | $ | (511) |  |  | $ | 151,639 |
(1)See Note 10. Fair Value Measurements for further discussion on fair values.
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash | The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included in the consolidated balance sheets and the consolidated statements of cash flows:
| As of October 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
| (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,896,532 |  |  | $ | 1,433,966 |
Restricted cash included in prepaid and other current assets | 1,529 |  |  | 1,549 |
Restricted cash included in other long-term assets | 668 |  |  | 725 |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 3,898,729 |  |  | 1,436,240 |
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from discontinued operations | — |  |  | 4,947 |
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, including cash from discontinued operations | $ | 3,898,729 |  |  | $ | 1,441,187 |
Schedule of Effects on Changes in Fair Values of Non-Designated Forward Contracts | The effects of the non-designated derivative instruments in our consolidated statements of income are summarized as follows:
| Year Ended October 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| (in thousands)
Gains (losses) recorded in interest and other income (expense), net | $ | (307) |  |  | $ | (5,899) |  |  | $ | (15,851) |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Derivative Instruments | The notional amounts in the table below for derivative instruments provide one measure of the transaction volume outstanding:
| As of October 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
| (in thousands)
Total gross notional amounts | $ | 1,686,341 |  |  | $ | 1,666,758 |
Net fair value | $ | 1,819 |  |  | $ | (2,308) |
Schedule of Fair Values of Derivative Instrument Designated and Non-Designated as Hedging Instruments in Balance Sheet | The following table represents the consolidated balance sheets location and amount of derivative instrument fair values segregated between designated and non-designated hedge instruments:
| Fair values of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments |  | Fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments
| (in thousands)
Balance at October 31, 2024 |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 8,839 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 6,918 |  |  | $ | 114 |
Balance at October 31, 2023 |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | 12,962 |  |  | $ | 491 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 14,665 |  |  | $ | 1,096 |
Schedule of Income Statement Location and Amount of Gains and Losses on Derivative Instrument Fair Values for Designated Hedge Instruments, Net of Tax | The following table represents the location of the amount of gains and losses on derivative instrument fair values for designated hedge instruments, net of tax in the consolidated statements of income:
| Location of gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives |  | Amount of gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |  | Location of gains (losses) reclassified from OCI |  | Amount of gains (losses) reclassified from OCI (effective portion)
| (in thousands)
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 3,940 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 3,089 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | 5,685 |  |  | Operating expenses |  | 112 |
Total |  |  | $ | 9,625 |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,201 |
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | 8,390 |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | (9,942) |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | 16,596 |  |  | Operating expenses |  | (15,334) |
Total |  |  | $ | 24,986 |  |  |  |  | $ | (25,276) |
Fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | Revenue |  | $ | (19,755) |  |  | Revenue |  | $ | 10,975 |
Foreign exchange contracts | Operating expenses |  | (59,314) |  |  | Operating expenses |  | (15,869) |
Total |  |  | $ | (79,069) |  |  |  |  | $ | (4,894) |

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