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Financial instruments - Summary of Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Carrying amount
Financial instruments
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$ 123,570	$ 184,190
Fair value
Financial instruments
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$ 123,570	$ 184,190

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Cash and equivalents and restricted cash and equivalents current and noncurrent fair value disclosure.

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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.

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-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2E
-Publisher FASB
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