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

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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 shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480429/718-10-50-2

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2023	Jul. 31, 2023	Jan. 31, 2023
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Disclosures [Line Items]
Employee stock purchase plan, offering period		6 months
May 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Disclosures [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award number of shares authorized (in shares)	260,295		26,018	15,417
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award purchase price of common stock (as a percent)	85.00%