Description of Plan - Additional Information (Details) - EBP 001	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Employee Benefit Plan, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, matching percentage	100.00%
Employee benefit plan, employer contribution, participant contribution matched, percentage	4.00%
Employee benefit plan, participant contribution, automatic, deferral rate	3.00%
Employee benefit plans vesting description	Participants are immediately vested in their own voluntary contributions and the Company’s matching contributions plus actual earnings thereon.
Minimum
Employee Benefit Plan, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employee benefit plan participant contribution automatic deferral rate limit percentage	2.00%

Employee Benefit Plan Participant Contribution Automatic Deferral Rate Limit Percentage

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Employee benefit plans vesting description.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 205
-Topic 962
-Publisher FASB
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Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan.

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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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Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan.

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