Let invited speakers bypass Events registration and join as panelists.

Verify speaker tokens from Events on join, grant panelist role for linked webinars, and point bulk comms links to the attendees page instead of the JSON preview API.

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

tests/Feature/EventsJoinGateTest.php

@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ class EventsJoinGateTest extends TestCase
                     'badge_code' => 'BADGE123',
                 ],
             ]),
+            'https://events.test/api/service/v1/events/*/verify-speaker' => Http::response([
+                'speaker' => [
+                    'name' => 'Keynote Speaker',
+                    'email' => 'speaker@example.com',
+                    'role' => 'Keynote',
+                ],
+            ]),
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -147,6 +154,44 @@ class EventsJoinGateTest extends TestCase
             ->assertDontSee('Register for event', false);
     }
 
+    public function test_speaker_token_skips_registration_gate_and_grants_panelist_role(): void
+    {
+        $room = $this->createEventsLinkedRoom('webinar', [
+            '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']);
+
+        $this->get('/r/'.$room->uuid.'?speaker=speaker-token-123')
+            ->assertRedirect(route('meet.join', $room));
+
+        $this->get('/r/'.$room->uuid)
+            ->assertOk()
+            ->assertSee('How should we show your name?', false)
+            ->assertDontSee('Register for event', false);
+
+        $this->post('/r/'.$room->uuid.'/enter', [
+            'display_name' => 'Keynote Speaker',
+        ])->assertRedirect(route('meet.room', $session));
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('meet_participants', [
+            'session_id' => $session->id,
+            'display_name' => 'Keynote Speaker',
+            'email' => 'speaker@example.com',
+            'role' => 'panelist',
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /** @param  array<string, mixed>  $overrides */
     protected function createEventsLinkedRoom(string $type, array $overrides = []): Room
     {