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Debt - Stonepeak Credit Agreement (Details) | Dec. 12, 2023 USD ($) item $ / shares shares | Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares | Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
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Debt |  |  |  |  |
Principal Balance |  |  | $ 310,178,000 |  | $ 300,194,000
Stonepeak Warrants |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Unamortized debt discount | $ 31,800,000 |  |  |  |
Stonepeak Warrants, With Exercise Price Of Dollars 5.50 |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate number of warrant shares (in shares) | shares | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |
Exercise price of the warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 5.5 |  | $ 5.5 |  |
Stonepeak Warrants, With Exercise Price Of Dollars 6.50 |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate number of warrant shares (in shares) | shares | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |
Exercise price of the warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 6.5 |  | $ 6.5 |  |
Stonepeak Loan Facility |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate | 9.50% |  |  |  |
Period of company may elect to payment of interest in kind | 2 years |  |  |  |
Percentage of interest company may elect to pay in kind | 75.00% |  |  |  |
Internal rate of return for each lender under loan facility | 11.50% |  |  |  |
Minimum multiple on invested capital for each lender under credit facility | item | 1.4 |  |  |  |
Debt issuance costs net | $ 39,300,000 |  |  |  |
Original issue discount and direct lender fees | 6,100,000 |  |  |  |
Debt issuance costs | $ 1,400,000 |  |  |  |
Amount of interest to be payable-in-kind |  |  | $ 15,000,000 |  |
Amount of interest to be payable-in-kind for each quarter |  | $ 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | $ 5,000,000 |
Stonepeak Loan Facility | If Change In Control Occurs On Or Prior To First Anniversary Of Loan Facility Closing Date |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Change in control premium percentage | 20.00% |  |  |  |
Stonepeak Loan Facility | If Change In Control Occurs After First Anniversary Of Loan Facility Closing Date But On Or Prior To Second Anniversary Of Loan Facility Closing Date |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Change in control premium percentage | 10.00% |  |  |  |
Stonepeak Loan Facility | If Change In Control Occurs After Second Anniversary Of Loan Facility Closing Date |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Internal rate of return for each lender under loan facility | 11.50% |  |  |  |
Stonepeak Term Loan |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Debt issuance amount | $ 300,000,000 |  |  |  |
Principal Balance |  |  | $ 310,000,000 |  | $ 300,000,000
Stonepeak delayed draw term loan |  |  |  |  |
Debt |  |  |  |  |
Debt issuance amount | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  |
Commitment fee | 1.00% |  |  |  |

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