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();

resources/views/meet/room/show.blade.php

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
          data-configured="{{ $mediaConfigured ? '1' : '0' }}"
          data-participant="{{ $participant->uuid }}"
          data-display-name="{{ $participant->display_name }}"
-         data-is-host="{{ $participant->isHost() ? '1' : '0' }}"
+         data-is-host="{{ ($canManageConference ?? $participant->isHost()) ? '1' : '0' }}"
          data-poll-url="{{ route('meet.room.poll', $session) }}"
          data-ended-url="{{ route('meet.ended', $session) }}"
          data-chat-url="{{ route('meet.room.chat', $session) }}"
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
          data-is-conference="{{ ($isConference ?? false) ? '1' : '0' }}"
          data-is-green-room="{{ ($isGreenRoom ?? false) ? '1' : '0' }}"
          data-session-mode="{{ $session->session_mode }}"
-         data-go-live-url="{{ ($isConference ?? false) && ($isGreenRoom ?? false) && $participant->isHost() ? route('meet.room.townhall.live', $session) : '' }}"
+         data-go-live-url="{{ ($isConference ?? false) && ($isGreenRoom ?? false) && ($canManageConference ?? $participant->isHost()) ? route('meet.room.townhall.live', $session) : '' }}"
-         data-add-presenter-url="{{ ($isConference ?? false) && $participant->isHost() ? route('meet.room.townhall.presenters', $session) : '' }}"
+         data-add-presenter-url="{{ ($isConference ?? false) && ($canManageConference ?? $participant->isHost()) ? route('meet.room.townhall.presenters', $session) : '' }}"
-         data-stage-update-url="{{ ($usesStageLayout ?? false) && $participant->isHost() ? route('meet.room.stage.update', $session) : '' }}"
+         data-stage-update-url="{{ ($usesStageLayout ?? false) && ($canManageConference ?? $participant->isHost()) ? route('meet.room.stage.update', $session) : '' }}"
          data-uses-stage-layout="{{ ($usesStageLayout ?? false) ? '1' : '0' }}"
          data-panel-discussions="{{ ($stageConfig['panel_discussions'] ?? false) ? '1' : '0' }}"
          data-stage-layout="{{ $stageConfig['stage_layout'] ?? 'plenary' }}"
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@
         </header>
 
         <div x-show="isConference && isGreenRoom" x-cloak
-             class="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-between gap-3 border-b border-violet-500/30 bg-violet-500/15 px-4 py-2.5">
+             class="flex shrink-0 flex-col gap-2 border-b border-violet-500/30 bg-violet-500/15 px-4 py-2.5 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between sm:gap-3">
             <div class="min-w-0 text-sm text-violet-100">
                 <p class="font-medium">Green room</p>
                 <p class="truncate text-xs text-violet-200/90">Only hosts and speakers are visible. Attendees join after you go live.</p>
             </div>
-            <div class="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
+            <div class="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
-                <button x-show="isHost && usesStageLayout && panelDiscussions" @click="panelSetupOpen = true" type="button"
+                <button x-show="isHost && usesStageLayout" @click="panelSetupOpen = true" type="button"
                         class="shrink-0 rounded-lg border border-violet-400/40 bg-violet-500/20 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-semibold text-violet-100 transition-colors hover:bg-violet-500/30">
                     @include('meet.room.partials.meet-icon', ['icon' => 'panel', 'class' => 'mr-1 inline h-3.5 w-3.5'])
                     Panels

tests/Feature/MeetWebTest.php

@@ -749,6 +749,44 @@ class MeetWebTest extends TestCase
         ]);
     }
 
+    public function test_green_room_register_presenter_keeps_host_role(): void
+    {
+        $room = Room::create([
+            'owner_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'organization_id' => $this->organization->id,
+            'host_user_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'title' => 'NextGen Summit',
+            'type' => 'town_hall',
+            'status' => 'live',
+            'scheduled_at' => now()->addHour(),
+            'timezone' => 'UTC',
+            'settings' => config('meet.default_settings'),
+        ]);
+
+        $session = Session::create([
+            'owner_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'room_id' => $room->id,
+            'media_room_name' => 'meet-'.$room->uuid.'-green',
+            'status' => 'live',
+            'session_mode' => 'green_room',
+            'started_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+
+        $participant = \App\Models\Participant::create([
+            'owner_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'session_id' => $session->id,
+            'user_ref' => $this->user->public_id,
+            'display_name' => $this->user->name,
+            'role' => 'host',
+            'status' => 'joined',
+            'joined_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+
+        app(\App\Services\Meet\ConferenceService::class)->registerPresenter($session, $this->user, 'host');
+
+        $this->assertSame('host', $participant->fresh()->role);
+    }
+
     public function test_host_can_end_conference_and_view_details(): void
     {
         $room = Room::create([