Grant panelist role to Events speakers on conferences and webinars.

Verify speaker tokens before room-type role resolution so town-hall sessions get panelist access and speaker-panel placement, and skip the waiting room for panelists.

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

app/Http/Controllers/Meet/JoinController.php

@@ -206,14 +206,14 @@ class JoinController extends Controller
 
         $role = ($user && $user->ownerRef() === $room->host_user_ref) ? 'host' : 'guest';
 
-        if ($room->isSpace()) {
+        if ($role !== 'host' && EventsRegistrationSession::isSpeakerVerified($request, $room)) {
+            $role = 'panelist';
+        } elseif ($room->isSpace()) {
             $role = $this->spaces->resolveJoinRole($room, $user, $role);
-        } elseif ($room->isConference() && $role !== 'host') {
+        } elseif ($room->isConference()) {
             $role = $this->conferences->resolveJoinRole($room, $user, $email, $role);
-        } elseif ($room->isWebinar() && $role !== 'host') {
-            if (EventsRegistrationSession::isSpeakerVerified($request, $room)) {
-                $role = 'panelist';
-            } elseif ($room->isEventsLinked()) {
+        } elseif ($room->isWebinar()) {
+            if ($room->isEventsLinked()) {
                 $role = 'attendee';
             } else {
                 return back()->withErrors([

app/Models/Room.php

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class Room extends Model
             return false;
         }
 
-        if ($role === 'host' || ($user && $user->ownerRef() === $this->host_user_ref)) {
+        if ($role === 'host' || in_array($role, ['co_host', 'panelist'], true) || ($user && $user->ownerRef() === $this->host_user_ref)) {
             return false;
         }