Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Annual Employee Contribution Limit Percentage

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Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Employee Purchase Price Percentage

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Number of equity incentive compensation plans maintained by the Company.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Stock Plan Offering Period

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Amount of additional cost recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement from occurrence of event accelerating recognition of cost.

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

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Equity - Narrative (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Equity - Narrative (Details)	Feb. 16, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2021 plan shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) plan	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of equity incentive compensation plans maintained by the company \| plan		3		3
Matching contribution \| $			$ 300,000	$ 600,000	$ 500,000
IPO \| Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares	6,655,093
Sale of stock, price per share (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 5.40
Gross proceeds from issuance, initial public offering \| $	$ 33,100,000
Over-Allotment Option \| Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares) \| shares	868,056
2019 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional number of shares authorized for the plan (in shares) \| shares		2,138,000
Employee stock purchase plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ESPP offering period (months)				6 months
Purchase price (as percentage of market price)				85.00%
Annual contribution (as percentage of compensation)				10.00%
Annual contribution \| $				$ 25,000