Promote Events speakers from attendee to panelist on rejoin.

Upgrade existing participant roles when a verified speaker token is present, and sync panelist access while already in the room so speaker-panel placement and publish rights apply.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

tests/Feature/EventsJoinGateTest.php

@@ -225,6 +225,48 @@ class EventsJoinGateTest extends TestCase
         ]);
     }
 
+    public function test_speaker_rejoin_promotes_existing_attendee_to_panelist(): void
+    {
+        $room = $this->createEventsLinkedRoom('town_hall', [
+            'settings' => array_merge(config('meet.default_settings'), [
+                'join_before_host' => true,
+                'waiting_room' => false,
+            ]),
+        ]);
+
+        $session = Session::create([
+            'owner_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'room_id' => $room->id,
+            'media_room_name' => 'room-'.$room->uuid,
+            'status' => 'live',
+            'started_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+        $room->update(['status' => 'live']);
+
+        \App\Models\Participant::create([
+            'owner_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'session_id' => $session->id,
+            'display_name' => 'Keynote Speaker',
+            'email' => 'speaker@example.com',
+            'role' => 'attendee',
+            'status' => 'joined',
+            'joined_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->get('/r/'.$room->uuid.'?speaker=speaker-token-123')
+            ->assertRedirect(route('meet.join', $room));
+
+        $this->post('/r/'.$room->uuid.'/enter', [
+            'display_name' => 'Keynote Speaker',
+        ])->assertRedirect(route('meet.room', $session));
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('meet_participants', [
+            'session_id' => $session->id,
+            'email' => 'speaker@example.com',
+            'role' => 'panelist',
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /** @param  array<string, mixed>  $overrides */
     protected function createEventsLinkedRoom(string $type, array $overrides = []): Room
     {