Fix green room Go live and Panels hidden for conference hosts.

Stop registerPresenter from demoting hosts to panelists, recognize room owners as managers, and show stage controls in the green room banner.

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

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/MeetingFeaturesController.php

@@ -356,7 +356,16 @@ class MeetingFeaturesController extends Controller
     protected function hostOnly(Request $request, Session $session): Participant
     {
         $participant = $this->participant($request, $session);
-        abort_unless($participant->isHost(), 403);
+        $user = $request->user();
+        $isRoomHost = $user && $user->ownerRef() === $session->room->host_user_ref;
+
+        abort_unless($participant->isHost() || $isRoomHost, 403);
+
+        if ($isRoomHost && ! $participant->isHost()) {
+            $participant->update(['role' => 'host']);
+
+            return $participant->fresh();
+        }
 
         return $participant;
     }

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/MeetingRoomController.php

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
         $spaces = app(SpaceService::class);
         $isAudioOnly = $room->isAudioOnly();
         $stageLayout = app(StageLayoutService::class);
+        $authUser = $request->user();
+        $isRoomHost = $authUser && $authUser->ownerRef() === $room->host_user_ref;
+        $canManageConference = $participant->isHost() || $isRoomHost;
 
         return view('meet.room.show', [
             'session' => $session,
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ class MeetingRoomController extends Controller
             'isAttendee' => $participant->isAttendee() || $spaces->isListener($room, $participant),
             'usesStageLayout' => $stageLayout->usesStageLayout($room),
             'stageConfig' => $stageLayout->config($room),
+            'canManageConference' => $canManageConference,
         ]);
     }
 

app/Services/Meet/SessionService.php

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ class SessionService
                 $updates['joined_at'] = $existing->joined_at ?? now();
             }
 
+            if (in_array($role, ['host', 'co_host'], true)) {
+                $updates['role'] = $role;
+            } elseif ($existing->role === 'guest' && $role !== 'guest') {
+                $updates['role'] = $role;
+            }
+
             $existing->update($updates);
 
             return $existing;

app/Services/Meet/TownHallService.php

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class TownHallService
         $session->participants()
             ->where('user_ref', $userRef)
             ->where('status', 'joined')
+            ->whereNotIn('role', ['host', 'co_host'])
             ->update(['role' => 'panelist']);
 
         return $session->fresh();