⏪️(frontend) revert GridLayout re-render optimization too

Out of precaution, also revert the previous GridLayout re-render
optimization to avoid any layout regression alongside the
CarouselLayout revert.

The useSize-based re-render optimization will be reintroduced in a
dedicated small PR and release. That will also be a good occasion to
polish the layout code along the way.

.github/workflows/security.yaml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# /!\
-# Security Note: This action is not hardened against prompt injection attacks and should only be used
-# to review trusted PRs. Configure your repository with "Require approval for all external contributors"
-# to ensure workflows only run after a maintainer has reviewed the PR.
-name: Security Review
-
-permissions:
-  pull-requests: write  # Needed for leaving PR comments
-  contents: read
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 'main'
-
-jobs:
-  security:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-          fetch-depth: 2
-
-      - uses: anthropics/claude-code-security-review@0c6a49f1fa56a1d472575da86a94dbc1edb78eda
-        with:
-          comment-pr: true
-          exclude-directories: docs,gitlint,LICENSES,bin
-          claude-api-key: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_API_KEY }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,20 +12,35 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - ✨(summary) report exception type in failure analytics
 - ✨(frontend) add configurable documentation menu item
-
+- ✨(frontend) allow promoting authenticated participants
-## Fixed
+- ✨(frontend) introduce an "unauthenticated" participant badge
-
+- ✨(backend) add roomkit viewset to start a room without WebRTC join
-- 🐛(transcription) fix silent bug in speaker assignment
+- ✨(frontend) let users set default configuration for generated links
-- 🐛(summary) extend tasks auto retry logic
+- ✨(frontend) expose media state to external gateways
-- 🐛(summary) properly detect when failure webhook should be sent
 
 ### Changed
 
 - ⬆️(frontend) upgrade @mediapipe/tasks-vision from 0.10.14 to 0.10.35
-- ⬆️(frontend) upgrade i18next from 26.3.1 to 26.3.2
+- ⬆️(frontend) upgrade i18next from 26.3.1 to 26.3.6
 - ⬆️(frontend) upgrade posthog-js from 1.391.2 to 1.395.0
 - ⬆️(frontend) upgrade @tanstack/react-query from 5.101.0 to 5.101.1
 - ⬆️(frontend) upgrade livekit-client from 2.19.2 to 2.20.0
+- ⚡️(frontend) limit unnecessary re-renders #1510
+- 📝(legal) update terms of service
+- 💄(frontend) render Avatar initials in uppercase
+- 💄(frontend) improve participant name rendering in the list
+- 🚚(backend) rename TelephonyService to SIPManagement
+
+### Fixed
+
+- 🐛(transcription) fix silent bug in speaker assignment
+- 🐛(summary) extend tasks auto retry logic
+- 🐛(summary) properly detect when failure webhook should be sent
+- 🐛(backend) preserve recording metadata when updating room access
+- 🐛(backend) allow any string as sub in the API serializer
+- 🐛(frontend) fall back to user.full_name on request-entry
+- 🚸(frontend) show two initials in the Avatar when possible
+- 🩹(all) clear the SonarCloud reliability finding and the lint debt
 
 ## [1.24.0] - 2026-07-21
 

Makefile

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ COMPOSE_EXEC        = $(COMPOSE) exec
 COMPOSE_EXEC_APP    = $(COMPOSE_EXEC) app-dev
 COMPOSE_RUN         = $(COMPOSE) run --rm
 COMPOSE_RUN_APP     = $(COMPOSE_RUN) app-dev
+COMPOSE_RUN_LINT    = $(COMPOSE_RUN) --no-deps app-dev
 COMPOSE_RUN_CROWDIN = $(COMPOSE_RUN) crowdin crowdin
 WAIT_DB             = @$(COMPOSE_RUN) dockerize -wait tcp://$(DB_HOST):$(DB_PORT) -timeout 60s
 
@@ -51,6 +52,14 @@ WAIT_DB             = @$(COMPOSE_RUN) dockerize -wait tcp://$(DB_HOST):$(DB_PORT
 MANAGE              = $(COMPOSE_RUN_APP) python manage.py
 MAIL_NPM            = $(COMPOSE_RUN) -w /app/src/mail node npm
 
+# -- Linters
+LINT_RUFF_FORMAT    = ruff format .
+LINT_RUFF_CHECK     = ruff check . --fix
+LINT_PYLINT         = pylint meet demo core
+LINT_BACK           = echo 'lint:ruff-format started…' && $(LINT_RUFF_FORMAT) \
+  && echo 'lint:ruff-check started…' && $(LINT_RUFF_CHECK) \
+  && echo 'lint:pylint started…' && $(LINT_PYLINT)
+
 # -- Frontend
 PATH_FRONT          = ./src/frontend
 
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@ logs: ## display app-dev logs (follow mode)
 run-backend: ## start only the backend application and all needed services
 	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d celery-dev --remove-orphans
 	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d nginx
+	@$(COMPOSE) up -d livekit
 	@echo "Wait for postgresql to be up..."
 	@$(WAIT_DB)
 .PHONY: run-backend
@@ -188,27 +198,23 @@ demo: ## flush db then create a demo for load testing purpose
 	@$(MANAGE) create_demo
 .PHONY: demo
 
-# Nota bene: Black should come after isort just in case they don't agree...
 lint: ## lint back-end python sources
-lint: \
+	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_LINT) sh -c "$(LINT_BACK)"
-  lint-ruff-format \
-  lint-ruff-check \
-  lint-pylint
 .PHONY: lint
 
 lint-ruff-format: ## format back-end python sources with ruff
 	@echo 'lint:ruff-format started…'
-	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_APP) ruff format .
+	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_LINT) $(LINT_RUFF_FORMAT)
 .PHONY: lint-ruff-format
 
 lint-ruff-check: ## lint back-end python sources with ruff
 	@echo 'lint:ruff-check started…'
-	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_APP) ruff check . --fix
+	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_LINT) $(LINT_RUFF_CHECK)
 .PHONY: lint-ruff-check
 
 lint-pylint: ## lint back-end python sources with pylint only on changed files from main
 	@echo 'lint:pylint started…'
-	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_APP) pylint meet demo core
+	@$(COMPOSE_RUN_LINT) $(LINT_PYLINT)
 .PHONY: lint-pylint
 
 test: ## run project tests; pass extra pytest args via ARGS, e.g. `make test ARGS="-vv"`

compose.yml

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ services:
         - postgresql
         - mailcatcher
         - redis
-        - livekit
         - createbuckets
         - createwebhook
     extra_hosts:
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ services:
   celery-dev:
     user: ${DOCKER_USER:-1000}
     image: meet:backend-development
-    command: ["celery", "-A", "meet.celery_app", "worker", "-l", "DEBUG"]
+    command: ["celery", "-A", "meet.celery_app", "worker", "-l", "DEBUG", "--pool=solo"]
     environment:
       - DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Development
     env_file:
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ services:
   celery:
     user: ${DOCKER_USER:-1000}
     image: meet:backend-production
-    command: ["celery", "-A", "meet.celery_app", "worker", "-l", "INFO"]
+    command: ["celery", "-A", "meet.celery_app", "worker", "-l", "INFO", "--pool=solo"]
     environment:
       - DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Demo
     env_file:

env.d/development/common.dist

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ALLOW_UNREGISTERED_ROOMS=False
 
 # Recording
 RECORDING_ENABLE=True
-RECORDING_STORAGE_EVENT_ENABLE=True
+RECORDING_STORAGE_EVENT_ENABLE=False
 RECORDING_STORAGE_EVENT_TOKEN=password
 SUMMARY_SERVICE_ENDPOINT=http://app-summary-dev:8000/api/v2/async-jobs/transcribe/
 SUMMARY_SERVICE_API_TOKEN=password
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ RECORDING_DOWNLOAD_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000/recording
 # Telephony
 ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED=True
 
+# RoomKit
+# ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+# ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = ThisIsAnExampleKeyForDevPurposeOnly
+
 # Metadata
 METADATA_COLLECTOR_ENABLED=True
 

publiccode.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+publiccodeYmlVersion: 0.5.0
+name: LaSuite Meet
+applicationSuite: LaSuite
+url: https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet
+releaseDate: 2026-07-22
+platforms:
+  - web
+organisation:
+  name: DINUM
+  uri: https://numerique.gouv.fr
+fundedBy:
+  - name: Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM)
+    uri: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr
+developmentStatus: stable
+softwareType: standalone/web
+intendedAudience:
+  countries:
+    - FR
+description:
+  en:
+    localisedName: LaSuite Meet
+    shortDescription: "Open Source video conference solution, based on LiveKit"
+    longDescription: "Open Source video conference application, based on LiveKit,
+      Django and React. It is the official web video conference application of
+      French Ministries."
+    features:
+      - Optimized for stability in large meetings (+100 p.)
+      - Support for multiple screen sharing streams
+      - Non-persistent, secure chat
+      - Meeting recording
+      - Meeting transcription & Summary
+      - Telephony integration
+      - Secure participation with robust authentication and access control
+      - Customizable frontend style
+legal:
+  license: MIT
+maintenance:
+  type: internal
+  contacts:
+    - name: "Samuel Paccoud"
+      email: samuel.paccoud@numerique.gouv.fr
+      affiliation: DINUM
+    - name: "Antoine Lebaud"
+      email: antoine.lebaud.ext@numerique.gouv.fr
+      affiliation: DINUM
+localisation:
+  localisationReady: true
+  availableLanguages:
+    - fr
+    - de
+    - en
+    - nl

src/addons/outlook/package-lock.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "core-js": "3.49.0",
-        "i18next": "^26.3.2",
+        "i18next": "^26.3.6",
         "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "8.2.1",
         "regenerator-runtime": "0.14.1"
       },
@@ -9364,9 +9364,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/i18next": {
-      "version": "26.3.2",
+      "version": "26.3.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/i18next/-/i18next-26.3.2.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/i18next/-/i18next-26.3.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-QQkXAM1sPDHqhxMQuBeHVMUn6mJchF+wdpOoQerciLAFqO3ZYdxO0EUbeEhruyutnNwpUQIITDVzLjwnNL0T1w==",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Bu5Z2nAXgfVyM8xvW3jk9EKRIuX37PudsrBViThNFx7CR7aaYTpP01cxNB/E4c4UUzTDiAZRstEhsRfPOL/8xA==",
       "funding": [
         {
           "type": "individual",
@@ -9383,7 +9383,7 @@
       ],
       "license": "MIT",
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "typescript": "^5 || ^6"
+        "typescript": "^5 || ^6 || ^7"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
         "typescript": {

src/addons/outlook/package.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "core-js": "3.49.0",
-    "i18next": "26.3.2",
+    "i18next": "26.3.6",
     "i18next-browser-languagedetector": "8.2.1",
     "regenerator-runtime": "0.14.1"
   },

src/backend/core/analytics/events.py

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ class AnalyticsEvent(StrEnum):
 
     # Rooms
     ROOM_CREATED = "room_created"
+
+    # Roomkit (meeting-room SIP devices)
+    ROOMKIT_JOINED = "roomkit_joined"

src/backend/core/api/__init__.py

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ def get_frontend_configuration(request):
             ],
         },
         "telephony": build_telephony_config(),
+        "resource": {
+            "default_access_level": settings.RESOURCE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_LEVEL,
+        },
         "subtitle": {"enabled": settings.ROOM_SUBTITLE_ENABLED},
         "livekit": {
             "url": settings.LIVEKIT_CONFIGURATION["url"],

src/backend/core/api/feature_flag.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class FeatureFlag:
         "file_upload": "FILE_UPLOAD_ENABLED",
         "addons": "ADDONS_ENABLED",
         "application": "APPLICATION_ENABLED",
+        "roomkit": "ROOMKIT_ENABLED",
     }
 
     @classmethod

src/backend/core/api/permissions.py

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ from django.http import Http404
 from rest_framework import permissions
 
 from ..models import RoleChoices
+from ..services.participants_management import (
+    ParticipantNotFoundException,
+    ParticipantsManagement,
+    ParticipantsManagementException,
+)
 
 ACTION_FOR_METHOD_TO_PERMISSION = {
     "versions_detail": {"DELETE": "versions_destroy", "GET": "versions_retrieve"}
@@ -166,3 +171,30 @@ class CanMuteParticipant(permissions.BasePermission):
 
         # LiveKit token scoped to this room
         return request.auth.video.room == str(obj.id)
+
+
+class IsPresentInMeeting(permissions.BasePermission):
+    """Check that the requesting user is currently connected to the meeting.
+
+    The requester must be session-authenticated (their DB identity is needed
+    to check privileges); presence is verified against LiveKit using their
+    `sub` as participant identity. Fails closed on LiveKit errors.
+    """
+
+    message = "You must be connected to the meeting to perform this action."
+
+    def has_object_permission(self, request, view, obj):
+        """Verify the requester's identity is a participant of the room."""
+        user = request.user
+
+        if not user or not user.is_authenticated:
+            return False
+
+        try:
+            return ParticipantsManagement().check_if_in_meeting(
+                room_name=str(obj.pk), identity=str(user.sub)
+            )
+        except ParticipantNotFoundException:
+            return False
+        except ParticipantsManagementException:
+            return False

src/backend/core/api/serializers.py

@@ -31,9 +31,28 @@ class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = models.User
-        fields = ["id", "email", "full_name", "short_name", "timezone", "language"]
+        fields = [
+            "id",
+            "email",
+            "full_name",
+            "short_name",
+            "timezone",
+            "language",
+            "default_room_access_level",
+            "default_room_configuration",
+        ]
         read_only_fields = ["id", "email", "full_name", "short_name"]
 
+    def validate_default_room_configuration(self, value):
+        """Validate the default room configuration against the RoomConfiguration schema."""
+        if value is None or value == {}:
+            return value
+        try:
+            RoomConfiguration.model_validate(value)
+        except PydanticValidationError as e:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(e.errors()) from e
+        return value
+
 
 class UserLightSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     """Serialize users with limited fields."""
@@ -183,13 +202,11 @@ class RoomSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
                 user=request.user,
                 username=username,
                 configuration=output["configuration"],
-                is_admin_or_owner=is_admin_or_owner,
+                role=role,
             )
         else:
             del output["pin_code"]
 
-        output["is_administrable"] = is_admin_or_owner
-
         return output
 
 
@@ -299,8 +316,8 @@ class RoomInviteSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 class BaseParticipantsManagementSerializer(BaseValidationOnlySerializer):
     """Base serializer for participant management operations."""
 
-    participant_identity = serializers.UUIDField(
+    participant_identity = serializers.CharField(
-        help_text="LiveKit participant identity (UUID format)"
+        help_text="LiveKit participant identity (matching the user's sub format)"
     )
 
 
@@ -312,6 +329,15 @@ class MuteParticipantSerializer(BaseParticipantsManagementSerializer):
     )
 
 
+class ParticipantRoleSerializer(BaseParticipantsManagementSerializer):
+    """Validate an in-meeting role change (promotion/demotion) request."""
+
+    role = serializers.ChoiceField(
+        choices=[models.RoleChoices.MEMBER, models.RoleChoices.ADMIN],
+        help_text="Target role. Ownership cannot be granted this way.",
+    )
+
+
 TrackSource = Literal["camera", "microphone", "screen_share", "screen_share_audio"]
 
 

src/backend/core/api/throttling.py

@@ -73,3 +73,15 @@ class CreationCallbackAnonRateThrottle(MonitoredAnonRateThrottle):
     """Throttle Anonymous user requesting room generation callback"""
 
     scope = "creation_callback"
+
+
+class RoomKitJoinRateThrottle(MonitoredUserRateThrottle):
+    """Throttle the LiveKit SIP module requesting roomkit joins.
+
+    The roomkit endpoints are authenticated as a machine user, so all requests
+    share a single throttle bucket. This is not a security measure against
+    brute-force attacks but a guard against accidental hammering from a buggy
+    SIP module.
+    """
+
+    scope = "roomkit_join"

src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py

@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ from core.services.room_management import (
     RoomManagementException,
     RoomNotFoundException,
 )
+from core.services.room_roles import (
+    RoomRoleError,
+    RoomRoleService,
+)
 from core.services.subtitle import SubtitleException, SubtitleService
 from core.tasks.file import process_file_deletion
 
@@ -304,8 +308,27 @@ class RoomViewSet(
         return drf_response.Response(serializer.data)
 
     def perform_create(self, serializer):
-        """Set the current user as owner of the newly created room."""
+        """Set the current user as owner of the newly created room.
-        room = serializer.save()
+
+        Apply the user's default room preferences (access level and configuration)
+        unless the request explicitly provides its own values.
+        """
+        user = self.request.user
+        save_kwargs = {}
+
+        if (
+            "access_level" not in serializer.validated_data
+            and user.default_room_access_level not in (None, "")
+        ):
+            save_kwargs["access_level"] = user.default_room_access_level
+
+        user_default_configuration = user.default_room_configuration
+        if not serializer.validated_data.get(
+            "configuration"
+        ) and user_default_configuration not in (None, {}):
+            save_kwargs["configuration"] = user.default_room_configuration
+
+        room = serializer.save(**save_kwargs)
         models.ResourceAccess.objects.create(
             resource=room,
             user=self.request.user,
@@ -639,6 +662,53 @@ class RoomViewSet(
             status=drf_status.HTTP_200_OK,
         )
 
+    @decorators.action(
+        detail=True,
+        methods=["post"],
+        url_path="update-participant-role",
+        permission_classes=[
+            permissions.HasPrivilegesOnRoom,
+            permissions.IsPresentInMeeting,
+        ],
+    )
+    def update_participant_role(self, request, pk=None):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        """Promote or demote a participant currently connected to the meeting.
+
+        Requires the requester to be session-authenticated, have privileges
+        (admin/owner) on the room, and be connected to the meeting.
+
+        If the target participant has a user account, the role is persisted
+        (`ResourceAccess`) then mirrored to their LiveKit attributes.
+
+        If the participant is anonymous, the promotion will fail.
+        """
+
+        room = self.get_object()
+
+        serializer = serializers.ParticipantRoleSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+
+        participant_identity = serializer.validated_data["participant_identity"]
+        role = serializer.validated_data["role"]
+
+        if str(request.user.sub) == str(participant_identity):
+            return drf_response.Response(
+                {"error": "You cannot change your own role."},
+                status=drf_status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+            )
+
+        try:
+            result = RoomRoleService().set_participant_role(
+                room=room,
+                participant_identity=participant_identity,
+                role=role,
+                actor=request.user,
+            )
+        except RoomRoleError as e:
+            return drf_response.Response({"error": str(e)}, status=e.status_code)
+
+        return drf_response.Response(result, status=drf_status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
     @decorators.action(
         detail=True,
         methods=["post"],

src/backend/core/migrations/0022_user_default_room_access_level_and_more.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.14 on 2026-08-03 13:40
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0021_recording_external_process_id_alter_recording_status'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='default_room_access_level',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, choices=[('public', 'Public Access'), ('trusted', 'Trusted Access'), ('restricted', 'Restricted Access')], help_text='Access level applied by default to new rooms created by this user. When empty, the instance default is used.', max_length=50, null=True, verbose_name='default room access level'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='user',
+            name='default_room_configuration',
+            field=models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict, help_text='Configurations applied by default to new rooms created by this user.', verbose_name='default room configuration'),
+        ),
+    ]

src/backend/core/models.py

@@ -189,6 +189,25 @@ class User(AbstractBaseUser, BaseModel, auth_models.PermissionsMixin):
         default=settings.TIME_ZONE,
         help_text=_("The timezone in which the user wants to see times."),
     )
+    default_room_access_level = models.CharField(
+        max_length=50,
+        choices=RoomAccessLevel.choices,
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        verbose_name=_("default room access level"),
+        help_text=_(
+            "Access level applied by default to new rooms created by this user. "
+            "When empty, the instance default is used."
+        ),
+    )
+    default_room_configuration = models.JSONField(
+        blank=True,
+        default=dict,
+        verbose_name=_("default room configuration"),
+        help_text=_(
+            "Configurations applied by default to new rooms created by this user."
+        ),
+    )
     is_device = models.BooleanField(
         _("device"),
         default=False,
@@ -429,7 +448,14 @@ class Room(Resource):
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Generate a unique n-digit pin code for new rooms."""
-        if settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED and not self.pk and not self.pin_code:
+
+        # Roomkit devices also join by PIN, so a PIN is needed as soon as
+        # either integration is enabled.
+        if (
+            (settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED or settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED)
+            and not self.pk
+            and not self.pin_code
+        ):
             self.pin_code = self.generate_unique_pin_code(
                 length=settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_PIN_LENGTH
             )

src/backend/core/recording/services/recording_events.py

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ from livekit import api
 from core import models, utils
 from core.models import Recording
 from core.recording.event.notification import notification_service
+from core.services.room_management import (
+    RoomManagement,
+    RoomManagementException,
+    RoomNotFoundException,
+)
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -39,10 +44,15 @@ class RecordingEventsService:
         recording_status = status_mapping.get(egress_status)
         if recording_status:
             try:
-                utils.update_room_metadata(
+                RoomManagement().update_metadata(
                     room_name, {"recording_status": recording_status}
                 )
-            except utils.MetadataUpdateException as e:
+            except RoomNotFoundException:
+                logger.info(
+                    "LiveKit room %s no longer exists, skipping metadata update",
+                    room_name,
+                )
+            except RoomManagementException as e:
                 logger.exception("Failed to update room's metadata: %s", e)
 
     @staticmethod

src/backend/core/recording/worker/mediator.py

@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 import logging
 
-from core import utils
 from core.models import Recording, RecordingStatusChoices
+from core.services.room_management import (
+    RoomManagement,
+    RoomManagementException,
+    RoomNotFoundException,
+)
 
 from .exceptions import (
     RecordingStartError,
@@ -64,10 +68,15 @@ class WorkerServiceMediator:
         mode = recording.options.get("original_mode", None) or recording.mode
 
         try:
-            utils.update_room_metadata(
+            RoomManagement().update_metadata(
                 room_name, {"recording_mode": mode, "recording_status": "starting"}
             )
-        except utils.MetadataUpdateException as e:
+        except RoomNotFoundException:
+            logger.info(
+                "LiveKit room %s no longer exists, skipping metadata update",
+                room_name,
+            )
+        except RoomManagementException as e:
             logger.exception("Failed to update room's metadata: %s", e)
 
         logger.info(

src/backend/core/roomkit/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Meet core roomkit API endpoints for meeting-room (SIP) device integration."""

src/backend/core/roomkit/authentication.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""Authentication for the roomkit API of the Meet core app."""
+
+import logging
+import secrets
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from rest_framework.authentication import BaseAuthentication
+from rest_framework.exceptions import AuthenticationFailed
+
+from core.recording.event.authentication import MachineUser
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ServerToServerAuthentication(BaseAuthentication):
+    """Custom authentication class for roomkit server-to-server requests.
+
+    Validates the Authorization header against the roomkit server-to-server
+    token. A valid PIN code is intentionally not enough to authenticate: the
+    endpoints are restricted to the LiveKit SIP module's credentials.
+    """
+
+    AUTH_HEADER = "Authorization"
+    TOKEN_TYPE = "Bearer"  # noqa S105
+
+    def authenticate(self, request):
+        """Validate the Bearer token from the Authorization header.
+
+        Returns a (MachineUser, token) pair on success, and raises
+        AuthenticationFailed if the header is missing, malformed, or contains
+        an invalid token.
+        """
+        required_token = settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN
+        if not required_token:
+            raise AuthenticationFailed("Server-to-server token is not configured.")
+
+        auth_header = request.headers.get(self.AUTH_HEADER)
+        if not auth_header:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Roomkit authentication failed: missing Authorization header (ip: %s)",
+                request.META.get("REMOTE_ADDR"),
+            )
+            raise AuthenticationFailed("Authorization header is missing.")
+
+        # Validate token format and existence
+        auth_parts = auth_header.split(" ")
+        if len(auth_parts) != 2 or auth_parts[0] != self.TOKEN_TYPE:
+            raise AuthenticationFailed("Invalid authorization header.")
+
+        token = auth_parts[1]
+
+        # Use constant-time comparison to prevent timing attacks
+        if not secrets.compare_digest(token.encode(), required_token.encode()):
+            logger.warning(
+                "Roomkit authentication failed: invalid token (ip: %s)",
+                request.META.get("REMOTE_ADDR"),
+            )
+            raise AuthenticationFailed("Invalid server-to-server token.")
+
+        return MachineUser(username="roomkit"), token
+
+    def authenticate_header(self, request):
+        """Return the WWW-Authenticate header value."""
+        return f"{self.TOKEN_TYPE} realm='Roomkit server to server'"

src/backend/core/roomkit/serializers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Serializers for the roomkit API of the Meet core app."""
+
+# pylint: disable=abstract-method
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+from core.api.serializers import BaseValidationOnlySerializer
+
+
+class RoomKitJoinSerializer(BaseValidationOnlySerializer):
+    """Validate roomkit join requests from the LiveKit SIP module."""
+
+    pin_code = serializers.CharField(required=True)
+
+    def validate_pin_code(self, value):
+        """Ensure the PIN code matches the configured length."""
+        if len(value) != settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_PIN_LENGTH:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError("PIN code length is invalid.")
+        return value

src/backend/core/roomkit/viewsets.py

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""Roomkit API endpoints for meeting-room (SIP) device integration."""
+
+from logging import getLogger
+
+from rest_framework import decorators, viewsets
+from rest_framework import (
+    exceptions as drf_exceptions,
+)
+from rest_framework import (
+    response as drf_response,
+)
+from rest_framework import (
+    status as drf_status,
+)
+
+from core import analytics, models
+from core.api import permissions, throttling
+from core.api.feature_flag import FeatureFlag
+from core.services.sip_management import SIPException, SIPManagement
+
+from . import authentication, serializers
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class RoomKitViewSet(viewsets.ViewSet):
+    """Server-to-server API endpoints for the roomkit integration.
+
+    Groups all interactions between roomkit (SIP) devices and the backend,
+    brokered by the LiveKit SIP module. All endpoints are authenticated
+    with the roomkit server-to-server tokens.
+    """
+
+    authentication_classes = [authentication.ServerToServerAuthentication]
+    permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticated]
+
+    @decorators.action(
+        detail=False,
+        methods=["post"],
+        url_path="join",
+        throttle_classes=[throttling.RoomKitJoinRateThrottle],
+    )
+    @FeatureFlag.require("roomkit")
+    def join(self, request):
+        """Prepare a room for a meeting-room (SIP) device joining by PIN code.
+
+        Called by the LiveKit SIP module when a meeting-room device dials in
+        with a PIN code before any WebRTC participant has joined. Resolves the
+        room by PIN and creates its SIP dispatch rule, so the device can enter
+        without waiting for a WebRTC user.
+
+        The webhook-based creation path is kept: both converge on the same rule
+        through the shared SIPManagement.
+        """
+
+        serializer = serializers.RoomKitJoinSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+
+        try:
+            room = models.Room.objects.get(
+                pin_code=serializer.validated_data["pin_code"]
+            )
+        except models.Room.DoesNotExist as e:
+            raise drf_exceptions.NotFound("No room found for this PIN code.") from e
+
+        try:
+            created = SIPManagement().ensure_dispatch_rule(room)
+        except SIPException as e:
+            raise drf_exceptions.APIException("Could not create dispatch rule.") from e
+
+        analytics.capture(
+            request.user,
+            analytics.AnalyticsEvent.ROOMKIT_JOINED,
+            {
+                "room_id": str(room.pk),
+                "dispatch_rule_created": created,
+            },
+        )
+
+        logger.info(
+            "Roomkit join requested: room_id=%s, dispatch_rule_created=%s",
+            room.id,
+            created,
+        )
+
+        return drf_response.Response(
+            {"status": "success"},
+            status=drf_status.HTTP_200_OK,
+        )

src/backend/core/services/livekit_events.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 from livekit import api
 
-from core import models, utils
+from core import models
 from core.recording.services.metadata_collector import (
     MetadataCollectorException,
     MetadataCollectorService,
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ from core.recording.services.recording_events import (
 )
 
 from .lobby import LobbyService
-from .telephony import TelephonyException, TelephonyService
+from .room_management import (
+    RoomManagement,
+    RoomManagementException,
+    RoomNotFoundException,
+)
+from .sip_management import SIPException, SIPManagement
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ class LiveKitEventsService:
         )
         self.webhook_receiver = api.WebhookReceiver(token_verifier)
         self.lobby_service = LobbyService()
-        self.telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+        self.sip_management = SIPManagement()
         self.recording_events = RecordingEventsService()
 
         self._filter_regex = None
@@ -177,10 +182,15 @@ class LiveKitEventsService:
 
         try:
             room_name = str(recording.room.id)
-            utils.update_room_metadata(
+            RoomManagement().update_metadata(
-                room_name, {}, ["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
+                room_name, remove_keys=["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
             )
-        except utils.MetadataUpdateException as e:
+        except RoomNotFoundException:
+            logger.info(
+                "LiveKit room %s no longer exists, skipping metadata update",
+                room_name,
+            )
+        except RoomManagementException as e:
             logger.exception("Failed to update room's metadata: %s", e)
 
         if recording.options.get("metadata_collector_dispatch_id", None) is not None:
@@ -235,12 +245,12 @@ class LiveKitEventsService:
         except models.Room.DoesNotExist as err:
             raise ActionFailedError(f"Room with ID {room_id} does not exist") from err
 
-        if settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED:
+        if settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED or settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED:
             try:
-                self.telephony_service.create_dispatch_rule(room)
+                self.sip_management.ensure_dispatch_rule(room)
-            except TelephonyException as e:
+            except SIPException as e:
                 raise ActionFailedError(
-                    f"Failed to create telephony dispatch rule for room {room_id}"
+                    f"Failed to create sip dispatch rule for room {room_id}"
                 ) from e
 
     def _handle_room_finished(self, data):
@@ -255,12 +265,12 @@ class LiveKitEventsService:
             )
             raise ActionFailedError("Failed to process room finished event") from e
 
-        if settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED:
+        if settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED or settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED:
             try:
-                self.telephony_service.delete_dispatch_rule(room_id)
+                self.sip_management.delete_dispatch_rule(room_id)
-            except TelephonyException as e:
+            except SIPException as e:
                 raise ActionFailedError(
-                    f"Failed to delete telephony dispatch rule for room {room_id}"
+                    f"Failed to delete sip dispatch rule for room {room_id}"
                 ) from e
 
         try:

src/backend/core/services/lobby.py

@@ -104,22 +104,31 @@ class LobbyService:
             )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def can_bypass_lobby(room, user) -> bool:
+    def can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role) -> bool:
         """Determines if a user can bypass the waiting lobby and join a room directly.
 
         A user can bypass the lobby if:
         1. The room is public (open to everyone)
         2. The room has TRUSTED access level and the user is authenticated
+        2. The room has RESTRICTED access level and the user has any role
 
         Note: Room access levels can change while participants are waiting in the lobby.
         This function only checks the current state and should be called each time
         a participant requests entry to ensure consistent access control, even for
         participants who have already begun waiting.
         """
-        return room.is_public or (
+        return (
+            room.is_public
+            or (
                 room.access_level == models.RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED
                 and user.is_authenticated
             )
+            or (
+                room.access_level == models.RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED
+                and user.is_authenticated
+                and role is not None
+            )
+        )
 
     def request_entry(
         self,
@@ -144,8 +153,9 @@ class LobbyService:
         participant = self._get_participant(room.id, participant_id)
 
         room_id = str(room.id)
+        user_role = room.get_role(request.user)
 
-        if self.can_bypass_lobby(room=room, user=request.user):
+        if self.can_bypass_lobby(room=room, user=request.user, role=user_role):
             if participant is None:
                 participant = LobbyParticipant(
                     status=LobbyParticipantStatus.ACCEPTED,
@@ -162,8 +172,8 @@ class LobbyService:
                 username=username,
                 color=participant.color,
                 configuration=room.configuration,
-                is_admin_or_owner=False,
                 participant_id=participant_id,
+                role=user_role,
             )
             return participant, livekit_config
 
@@ -183,8 +193,8 @@ class LobbyService:
                 username=username,
                 color=participant.color,
                 configuration=room.configuration,
-                is_admin_or_owner=False,
                 participant_id=participant_id,
+                role=user_role,
             )
 
         return participant, livekit_config

src/backend/core/services/room_management.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import Dict, Optional
 
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 from livekit.api import (
+    ListRoomsRequest,
     TwirpError,
     UpdateRoomMetadataRequest,
 )
@@ -29,20 +30,45 @@ class RoomManagement:
     """Service for managing LiveKit rooms."""
 
     @async_to_sync
-    async def update_metadata(self, room_name: str, metadata: Optional[Dict] = None):
+    async def update_metadata(
-        """Update a LiveKit room's metadata.
+        self,
+        room_name: str,
+        metadata: Optional[Dict] = None,
+        remove_keys: Optional[list[str]] = None,
+    ):
+        """Merge values into a LiveKit room's metadata.
 
         The `room_name` corresponds to the LiveKit room identifier
         (i.e. the Room model's UUID as a string).
+
+        Raises:
+            RoomNotFoundException: the room does not exist in LiveKit.
+            RoomManagementException: the metadata update otherwise fails.
         """
 
         lkapi = utils.create_livekit_client()
 
         try:
+            response = await lkapi.room.list_rooms(ListRoomsRequest(names=[room_name]))
+
+            if not response.rooms:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Room %s not found in LiveKit, skipping metadata update",
+                    room_name,
+                )
+                raise RoomNotFoundException("Room does not exist")
+
+            existing_metadata = json.loads(response.rooms[0].metadata or "{}")
+
+            for key in remove_keys or []:
+                existing_metadata.pop(key, None)
+
+            updated_metadata = {**existing_metadata, **(metadata or {})}
+
             await lkapi.room.update_room_metadata(
                 UpdateRoomMetadataRequest(
                     room=room_name,
-                    metadata=json.dumps(metadata) if metadata is not None else "",
+                    metadata=json.dumps(updated_metadata),
                 )
             )
 

src/backend/core/services/room_roles.py

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+"""Room role management service.
+
+Single entry point for changing a user's role on a room, used by:
+- the in-meeting endpoint (promote/demote a connected participant)
+- (more to come soon)
+
+`ResourceAccess` is the source of truth. The LiveKit `room_role`
+participant attribute is only a projection of it, synced best-effort.
+"""
+
+from logging import getLogger
+from uuid import UUID
+
+from core import models
+from core.services.participants_management import (
+    ParticipantNotFoundException,
+    ParticipantsManagement,
+    ParticipantsManagementException,
+)
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class RoomRoleError(Exception):
+    """Base exception for room role management errors."""
+
+    status_code = 400
+
+
+class SelfActionError(RoomRoleError):
+    """Raised when a user tries to change their own role."""
+
+    status_code = 403
+
+
+class OwnerRoleError(RoomRoleError):
+    """Raised when trying to demote an owner or grant ownership."""
+
+    status_code = 403
+
+
+class ParticipantNotInMeetingError(RoomRoleError):
+    """Raised when the target participant is not connected to the meeting."""
+
+    status_code = 404
+
+
+class UserNotFoundError(RoomRoleError):
+    """Raised when the target participant has no user account in database."""
+
+    status_code = 404
+
+
+ASSIGNABLE_ROLES = (models.RoleChoices.MEMBER, models.RoleChoices.ADMIN)
+
+
+class RoomRoleService:
+    """Manage promotion and demotion of room co-hosts."""
+
+    def set_role(
+        self, room: models.Room, user: models.User, role: str, actor: models.User
+    ):
+        """Persist `role` for `user` on `room`, idempotently and atomically.
+
+        Returns the up-to-date `ResourceAccess`. Never grants or removes
+        ownership: granting OWNER is refused, and an existing OWNER access
+        is never modified.
+        """
+
+        if role not in ASSIGNABLE_ROLES:
+            raise OwnerRoleError("Ownership cannot be granted through this action.")
+
+        if actor is not None and user == actor:
+            raise SelfActionError("You cannot change your own role.")
+
+        access, created = models.ResourceAccess.objects.get_or_create(
+            resource=room,
+            user=user,
+            defaults={"role": role},
+        )
+
+        if created:
+            return access
+
+        if access.role == models.RoleChoices.OWNER:
+            raise OwnerRoleError("Room owners cannot be demoted.")
+
+        if access.role != role:
+            access.role = role
+            access.save(update_fields=["role", "updated_at"])
+
+        return access
+
+    def set_participant_role(
+        self,
+        room: models.Room,
+        participant_identity: UUID,
+        role: str,
+        actor: models.User,
+    ):
+        """Change the role of a participant currently connected to the meeting.
+
+        - The participant must be connected (checked against LiveKit).
+        - The participant must map to a user account.
+        - The role is persisted in DB then mirrored to LiveKit.
+
+        Returns a dict: {"role", "livekit_synced"}.
+        """
+
+        room_name = str(room.pk)
+        participants_management = ParticipantsManagement()
+
+        try:
+            is_in_meeting = participants_management.check_if_in_meeting(
+                room_name=room_name, identity=str(participant_identity)
+            )
+        except ParticipantNotFoundException as e:
+            raise ParticipantNotInMeetingError(
+                "Participant is not connected to this meeting."
+            ) from e
+
+        if not is_in_meeting:
+            raise ParticipantNotInMeetingError(
+                "Participant is not connected to this meeting."
+            )
+
+        user = models.User.objects.filter(sub=participant_identity).first()
+
+        if user is None:
+            raise UserNotFoundError(
+                "This participant has no user account and cannot be assigned a role."
+            )
+
+        # Source of truth first: even if the LiveKit sync below fails,
+        # the role is real and any fresh token will carry it.
+        self.set_role(room=room, user=user, role=role, actor=actor)
+
+        livekit_synced = self._sync_livekit_role(
+            room_name=room_name,
+            participant_identity=str(participant_identity),
+            role=str(role),
+        )
+
+        return {
+            "role": role,
+            "livekit_synced": livekit_synced,
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _sync_livekit_role(room_name: str, participant_identity: str, role: str):
+        """Mirror the role to the participant's LiveKit attributes.
+
+        Best-effort: returns False on failure instead of raising, so callers
+        can report a partial success. Re-running the action re-syncs.
+        """
+        try:
+            ParticipantsManagement().update(
+                room_name=room_name,
+                identity=participant_identity,
+                attributes={"room_role": role},
+            )
+        except ParticipantNotFoundException:
+            # The participant left between the presence check and the update:
+            # harmless, the DB state (if any) remains authoritative.
+            logger.info(
+                "Participant %s left room %s before role sync",
+                participant_identity,
+                room_name,
+            )
+            return False
+        except ParticipantsManagementException:
+            logger.exception(
+                "Could not sync role to LiveKit for participant %s in room %s",
+                participant_identity,
+                room_name,
+            )
+            return False
+        return True

src/backend/core/services/sip_management.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-"""Telephony service for managing SIP dispatch rules for room access."""
+"""SIP management service for managing SIP dispatch rules for room access."""
 
 from logging import getLogger
 
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
-from livekit.api import TwirpError
+from livekit.api import TwirpError, TwirpErrorCode
 from livekit.protocol.sip import (
     CreateSIPDispatchRuleRequest,
     DeleteSIPDispatchRuleRequest,
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ from core import utils
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class TelephonyException(Exception):
+class SIPException(Exception):
-    """Exception raised when telephony operations fail."""
+    """Exception raised when SIP operations fail."""
 
 
-class TelephonyService:
+class DispatchRuleConflictError(SIPException):
-    """Service for managing participant access through the telephony system (SIP)."""
+    """Raised when a dispatch rule already exists for the same routing criteria."""
+
+
+class SIPManagement:
+    """Service for managing SIP access through the telephony or roomkit system (SIP)."""
 
     def _rule_name(self, room_id):
         """Generate the rule name for a room based on its ID."""
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ class TelephonyService:
     async def create_dispatch_rule(self, room):
         """Create a SIP inbound dispatch rule for direct room routing.
 
-        Configures telephony to route incoming SIP calls directly to the specified room
+        Configures livekit-sip to route incoming SIP calls directly to the specified room
         using the room's ID and PIN code for authentication.
         """
 
@@ -51,10 +55,12 @@ class TelephonyService:
         try:
             await lkapi.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule(create=request)
         except TwirpError as e:
+            if e.code == TwirpErrorCode.ALREADY_EXISTS:
+                raise DispatchRuleConflictError("Dispatch rule already exists") from e
             logger.exception(
                 "Unexpected error creating dispatch rule for room %s", room.id
             )
-            raise TelephonyException("Could not create dispatch rule") from e
+            raise SIPException("Could not create dispatch rule") from e
 
         finally:
             await lkapi.aclose()
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ class TelephonyService:
             )
         except TwirpError as e:
             logger.exception("Failed to list dispatch rules for room %s", room_id)
-            raise TelephonyException("Could not list dispatch rules") from e
+            raise SIPException("Could not list dispatch rules") from e
         finally:
             await lkapi.aclose()
 
@@ -94,6 +100,28 @@ class TelephonyService:
             if existing_rule.name == rule_name
         ]
 
+    @async_to_sync
+    async def has_dispatch_rule(self, room_id):
+        """Check whether at least one dispatch rule exists for a specific room."""
+        return bool(await self._list_dispatch_rules_ids(room_id))
+
+    def ensure_dispatch_rule(self, room):
+        """Create the SIP dispatch rule for a room if it does not already exist.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if a rule was created, False if it already existed.
+        """
+
+        if self.has_dispatch_rule(room.pk):
+            return False
+
+        try:
+            self.create_dispatch_rule(room)
+        except DispatchRuleConflictError:
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
     @async_to_sync
     async def delete_dispatch_rule(self, room_id):
         """Delete all SIP inbound dispatch rules associated with a specific room."""
@@ -118,7 +146,7 @@ class TelephonyService:
 
         except TwirpError as e:
             logger.exception("Failed to delete dispatch rules for room %s", room_id)
-            raise TelephonyException("Could not delete dispatch rules") from e
+            raise SIPException("Could not delete dispatch rules") from e
 
         finally:
             await lkapi.aclose()

src/backend/core/tasks/_task.py

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+"""
+Celery task decorator that degrades to a synchronous call when Celery is off.
+"""
+
+# The Celery app is imported lazily so that importing this module does not pull
+# in Celery when CELERY_ENABLED is false.
 # ruff: noqa: PLC0415
+# pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
 from django.conf import settings
 

src/backend/core/tests/recording/worker/test_mediator.py

@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ def mediator(mock_worker_service):
     return WorkerServiceMediator(mock_worker_service)
 
 
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
-def test_start_recording_success(
+def test_start_recording_success(mock_update_metadata, mediator, mock_worker_service):
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mediator, mock_worker_service
-):
     """Test successful recording start"""
     # Setup
     worker_id = "test-worker-123"
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ def test_start_recording_success(
     assert mock_recording.worker_id == worker_id
     assert mock_recording.status == RecordingStatusChoices.ACTIVE
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
         str(mock_recording.room.id),
         {"recording_mode": mock_recording.mode, "recording_status": "starting"},
     )
@@ -69,9 +67,9 @@ def test_start_recording_success(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "error_class", [WorkerRequestError, WorkerConnectionError, WorkerResponseError]
 )
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_mediator_start_recording_worker_errors(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mediator, mock_worker_service, error_class
+    mock_update_metadata, mediator, mock_worker_service, error_class
 ):
     """Test handling of various worker errors during start"""
     # Setup
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ def test_mediator_start_recording_worker_errors(
     assert mock_recording.status == RecordingStatusChoices.FAILED_TO_START
     assert mock_recording.worker_id is None
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_not_called()
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_not_called()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -103,9 +101,9 @@ def test_mediator_start_recording_worker_errors(
         RecordingStatusChoices.ABORTED,
     ],
 )
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_mediator_start_recording_from_forbidden_status(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mediator, mock_worker_service, status
+    mock_update_metadata, mediator, mock_worker_service, status
 ):
     """Test handling of various worker errors during start"""
     # Setup
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ def test_mediator_start_recording_from_forbidden_status(
     mock_recording.refresh_from_db()
     assert mock_recording.status == status
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_not_called()
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_not_called()
 
 
 def test_mediator_stop_recording_success(mediator, mock_worker_service):

src/backend/core/tests/roomkit/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Tests for the roomkit API of the Meet core app."""

src/backend/core/tests/roomkit/test_api_roomkit_join.py

@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+"""
+Test the roomkit join server-to-server API endpoint.
+"""
+
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,unused-argument
+
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from ...factories import RoomFactory
+from ...services.sip_management import SIPException
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_anonymous(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests without an Authorization header should be rejected."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+
+    response = client.post("/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/", {"pin_code": room.pin_code})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+    assert response.json() == {"detail": "Authorization header is missing."}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_malformed_authorization_header(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests with a malformed Authorization header should be rejected."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+    assert response.json() == {"detail": "Invalid authorization header."}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_wrong_bearer(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests with an incorrect bearer token should be rejected."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer wrongAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+    assert response.json() == {"detail": "Invalid server-to-server token."}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_token_not_configured(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests should be rejected when no server-to-server token is configured."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = None
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_roomkit_disabled(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """The endpoint should not be exposed when the roomkit integration is disabled."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_missing_pin(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests without a PIN code should be rejected."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert response.json() == {"pin_code": ["This field is required."]}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_blank_pin(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests with a blank PIN code should be rejected."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": ""},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert response.json() == {"pin_code": ["This field may not be blank."]}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_wrong_pin_length(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests with a PIN code of unexpected length should be rejected."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+    settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_PIN_LENGTH = 10
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": "123"},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert response.json() == {"pin_code": ["PIN code length is invalid."]}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_unknown_pin(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests with a PIN matching no room should return 404 and create no rule."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": "0987654321"},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+    assert response.json() == {"detail": "No room found for this PIN code."}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_success(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests with a valid PIN should create the dispatch rule."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.return_value = True
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"status": "success"}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_dispatch_rule_already_exists(mock_sip_management, settings, client):
+    """Requests should succeed when the dispatch rule already exists (idempotency)."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.return_value = False
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"status": "success"}
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.analytics.capture")
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_tracks_analytics_event(
+    mock_sip_management, mock_capture, settings, client
+):
+    """Successful joins should be tracked with an analytics event."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.return_value = True
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    mock_capture.assert_called_once()
+    _user, event, properties = mock_capture.call_args[0]
+    assert str(event) == "roomkit_joined"
+    assert properties == {
+        "room_id": str(room.pk),
+        "dispatch_rule_created": True,
+    }
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.analytics.capture")
+@mock.patch("core.roomkit.viewsets.SIPManagement")
+def test_join_sip_failure(mock_sip_management, mock_capture, settings, client):
+    """Requests should fail with a server error when the sip management service fails."""
+
+    mock_sip_instance = mock_sip_management.return_value
+
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    settings.ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = "testAuthToken"
+
+    room = RoomFactory(pin_code="1234567890")
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.side_effect = SIPException(
+        "Could not create dispatch rule"
+    )
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/roomkit/join/",
+        {"pin_code": room.pin_code},
+        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer testAuthToken",
+        raise_request_exception=False,
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 500
+    mock_sip_instance.ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
+    mock_capture.assert_not_called()

src/backend/core/tests/rooms/test_api_rooms_create.py

@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ Test rooms API endpoints in the Meet core app: create.
 """
 
 # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,unused-argument
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
 
 import pytest
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 
 from ...factories import RoomFactory, UserFactory
-from ...models import Room
+from ...models import Room, RoomAccessLevel
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
@@ -109,3 +110,205 @@ def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_existing_slug():
 
     assert response.status_code == 400
     assert response.json() == {"slug": ["Room with this Slug already exists."]}
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_user_default_access_level():
+    """
+    The user's default room access level should be applied to the new room
+    when the request does not provide one.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.access_level == RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_explicit_access_level_overrides_default():
+    """
+    An access level explicitly provided in the request should take precedence
+    over the user's default room access level.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+            "access_level": RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED,
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.access_level == RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_no_user_default_access_level():
+    """
+    When the user has no default room access level, the instance default
+    should be applied to the new room.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_access_level=None)
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.access_level == settings.RESOURCE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_LEVEL
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_user_default_configuration():
+    """
+    The user's default room configuration should be applied to the new room
+    when the request does not provide one.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_configuration={"everyone_can_mute": False})
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.configuration == {"everyone_can_mute": False}
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_explicit_configuration_overrides_default():
+    """
+    A configuration explicitly provided in the request should take precedence
+    over the user's default room configuration.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_configuration={"everyone_can_mute": False})
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+            "configuration": {"can_publish_sources": ["camera", "microphone"]},
+        },
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.configuration == {"can_publish_sources": ["camera", "microphone"]}
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_empty_configuration_falls_back_to_default():
+    """
+    An empty configuration in the request should not be considered an explicit
+    value: the user's default room configuration should still be applied.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_configuration={"everyone_can_mute": True})
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+            "configuration": {},
+        },
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.configuration == {"everyone_can_mute": True}
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_empty_user_default_configuration():
+    """
+    When the user's default room configuration is empty, the new room should
+    keep its default empty configuration.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_configuration={})
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.configuration == {}
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_request_precedence_over_user_empty():
+    """
+    When the user's default room configuration is empty, the request should take precedence.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_configuration={})
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {"name": "my room", "configuration": {"everyone_can_mute": True}},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.configuration == {"everyone_can_mute": True}
+
+
+def test_api_rooms_create_authenticated_blank_user_default_access_level():
+    """
+    A blank default room access level (stored as an empty string) should be
+    treated as unset: the instance default should be applied to the new room
+    instead of persisting an invalid empty access level.
+    """
+    user = UserFactory(default_room_access_level="")
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        "/api/v1.0/rooms/",
+        {
+            "name": "my room",
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    room = Room.objects.get()
+    assert room.access_level == settings.RESOURCE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_LEVEL

src/backend/core/tests/rooms/test_api_rooms_participants_management.py

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_with_livekit_token_for_this_room(mock_livekit_client):
     room = RoomFactory()
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_with_livekit_token_for_another_room_forbidden(
     other_room = RoomFactory()
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(other_room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(other_room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": target_room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_everyone_can_mute_disabled_blocks_non_admin(
     room = RoomFactory(configuration={"everyone_can_mute": False})
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_admin_with_token_for_this_room(mock_livekit_client):
     )
     # Token identity matches the admin user so LiveKitTokenAuthentication
     # resolves request.user back to the admin.
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=True)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_admin_with_token_for_another_room(mock_livekit_client)
     # Token is scoped to a DIFFERENT room, and admin status must only be
     # honored when established via session, never via a LiveKit
     # token, which can be replayed off-host.
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(other_room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=True)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(other_room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": target_room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_admin_token_replayed_does_not_grant_admin(
         role=random.choice(["administrator", "owner"]),
     )
     # The token is the only credential.
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), admin_user, is_admin_or_owner=True)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), admin_user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_livekit_token_triggers_presence_check(mock_livekit_cli
     room = RoomFactory()
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_livekit_token_presence_check_returns_participant(
     )
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_livekit_token_presence_check_participant_not_found(
     )
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ def test_mute_participant_livekit_token_presence_check_twirp_error_forbidden(
     )
 
     user = AnonymousUser()
-    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user, is_admin_or_owner=False)
+    token = utils.generate_token(str(room.id), user)
 
     url = reverse("rooms-mute-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(
@@ -719,13 +719,13 @@ def test_update_participant_invalid_payload():
     )
     client.force_authenticate(user=user)
 
-    payload = {"participant_identity": "invalid-uuid"}
+    payload = {"participant_identity": ["test"]}
 
     url = reverse("rooms-update-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(url, payload, format="json")
 
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
-    assert "Must be a valid UUID." in str(response.data)
+    assert "Not a valid string." in str(response.data)
 
 
 def test_update_participant_no_update_fields():
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ def test_remove_participant_invalid_payload():
     )
     client.force_authenticate(user=user)
 
-    payload = {"participant_identity": "invalid-uuid"}
+    payload = {"participant_identity": ["invalid-uuid"]}
 
     url = reverse("rooms-remove-participant", kwargs={"pk": room.id})
     response = client.post(url, payload, format="json")

src/backend/core/tests/rooms/test_api_rooms_retrieve.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import pytest
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
 
 from ...factories import RoomFactory, UserFactory, UserResourceAccessFactory
-from ...models import RoomAccessLevel
+from ...models import RoleChoices, RoomAccessLevel
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_anonymous_private_pk():
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": "restricted",
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "name": room.name,
         "slug": room.slug,
     }
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_anonymous_trusted_pk():
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": "trusted",
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "name": room.name,
         "slug": room.slug,
     }
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_anonymous_private_pk_no_dashes():
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": "restricted",
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "name": room.name,
         "slug": room.slug,
     }
@@ -87,7 +84,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_anonymous_private_slug():
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": "restricted",
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "name": room.name,
         "slug": room.slug,
     }
@@ -104,7 +100,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_anonymous_private_slug_not_normalized():
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": "restricted",
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "name": room.name,
         "slug": room.slug,
     }
@@ -214,7 +209,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_anonymous_public(mock_token):
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": str(room.access_level),
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "livekit": {
             "url": "test_url_value",
             "room": expected_name,
@@ -261,7 +255,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_authenticated_public(mock_token):
         "configuration": {"can_publish_sources": ["camera"]},
         "access_level": str(room.access_level),
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "livekit": {
             "url": "test_url_value",
             "room": expected_name,
@@ -278,7 +271,7 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_authenticated_public(mock_token):
         username=None,
         color=None,
         sources=["camera"],
-        is_admin_or_owner=False,
+        role=None,
         participant_id=None,
     )
 
@@ -313,7 +306,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_authenticated_trusted(mock_token):
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": str(room.access_level),
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "livekit": {
             "url": "test_url_value",
             "room": expected_name,
@@ -330,7 +322,7 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_authenticated_trusted(mock_token):
         username=None,
         color=None,
         sources=None,
-        is_admin_or_owner=False,
+        role=None,
         participant_id=None,
     )
 
@@ -355,7 +347,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_authenticated():
         "configuration": {},
         "access_level": "restricted",
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "name": room.name,
         "slug": room.slug,
     }
@@ -401,7 +392,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_members(mock_token, django_assert_num_queries, setti
         "configuration": {"can_publish_sources": ["camera"]},
         "access_level": str(room.access_level),
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": False,
         "livekit": {
             "url": "test_url_value",
             "room": expected_name,
@@ -418,7 +408,7 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_members(mock_token, django_assert_num_queries, setti
         username=None,
         color=None,
         sources=["camera"],
-        is_admin_or_owner=False,
+        role=str(RoleChoices.MEMBER),
         participant_id=None,
     )
 
@@ -463,6 +453,8 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_administrators(
             {
                 "id": str(other_user_access.id),
                 "user": {
+                    "default_room_access_level": None,
+                    "default_room_configuration": {},
                     "id": str(other_user_access.user.id),
                     "email": other_user_access.user.email,
                     "full_name": other_user_access.user.full_name,
@@ -476,6 +468,8 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_administrators(
             {
                 "id": str(user_access.id),
                 "user": {
+                    "default_room_access_level": None,
+                    "default_room_configuration": {},
                     "id": str(user_access.user.id),
                     "email": user_access.user.email,
                     "full_name": user_access.user.full_name,
@@ -493,7 +487,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_administrators(
     assert content_dict == {
         "access_level": str(room.access_level),
         "id": str(room.id),
-        "is_administrable": True,
         "configuration": {},
         "livekit": {
             "url": "test_url_value",
@@ -511,6 +504,6 @@ def test_api_rooms_retrieve_administrators(
         username=None,
         color=None,
         sources=None,
-        is_admin_or_owner=True,
+        role=str(user_access.role),
         participant_id=None,
     )

src/backend/core/tests/rooms/test_api_rooms_update_participant_role.py

@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+"""
+Test rooms API endpoints in the Meet core app: update-participant-role.
+"""
+
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,unused-argument
+
+import uuid
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+from rest_framework.test import APIClient
+
+from ...factories import RoomFactory, UserFactory
+from ...models import ResourceAccess, RoleChoices
+from ...services.participants_management import ParticipantNotFoundException
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
+
+
+def test_update_participant_role_anonymous():
+    """Anonymous requesters are rejected."""
+    client = APIClient()
+    room = RoomFactory()
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": "some-identity", "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+
+
+def test_update_participant_role_requires_privileges():
+    """A simple member cannot promote other participants."""
+    client = APIClient()
+    user = UserFactory()
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(user, RoleChoices.MEMBER)])
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": "some-identity", "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_requester_not_in_meeting(mock_perm_pm):
+    """An admin who is not connected to the meeting is rejected."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = False
+    client = APIClient()
+    user = UserFactory()
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(user, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": "some-identity", "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.assert_called_once_with(
+        room_name=str(room.pk), identity=str(user.sub)
+    )
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_cannot_target_self(mock_perm_pm):
+    """Requesters cannot change their own role."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    client = APIClient()
+    user = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(user, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": user.sub, "role": "member"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    assert response.json() == {"error": "You cannot change your own role."}
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_promotes_authenticated_target(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """Promoting a connected, authenticated participant persists the role."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_sync.return_value = True
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    target = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.OWNER)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": str(target.sub), "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "role": "administrator",
+        "livekit_synced": True,
+    }
+    access = ResourceAccess.objects.get(resource=room, user=target)
+    assert access.role == RoleChoices.ADMIN
+    mock_sync.assert_called_once_with(
+        room_name=str(room.pk),
+        participant_identity=str(target.sub),
+        role="administrator",
+    )
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_demotes_authenticated_target(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """Demoting a connected admin back to member updates the access row."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_sync.return_value = True
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    target = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.OWNER), (target, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": str(target.sub), "role": "member"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    access = ResourceAccess.objects.get(resource=room, user=target)
+    assert access.role == RoleChoices.MEMBER
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_cannot_demote_owner(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """Room owners can never be demoted."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    owner = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.ADMIN), (owner, RoleChoices.OWNER)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": str(owner.sub), "role": "member"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    assert response.json() == {"error": "Room owners cannot be demoted."}
+    assert (
+        ResourceAccess.objects.get(resource=room, user=owner).role == RoleChoices.OWNER
+    )
+    mock_sync.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_anonymous_target_is_ephemeral(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """Promoting an anonymous participant should not be possible."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_sync.return_value = True
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    anonymous_identity = uuid.uuid4()
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": anonymous_identity, "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "error": "This participant has no user account and cannot be assigned a role."
+    }
+    assert not ResourceAccess.objects.filter(resource=room).exclude(user=admin).exists()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_target_not_in_meeting(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """Only connected participants can be promoted or demoted."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.side_effect = (
+        ParticipantNotFoundException("Participant does not exist")
+    )
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    target = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": str(target.sub), "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+    assert not ResourceAccess.objects.filter(resource=room, user=target).exists()
+    mock_sync.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_is_idempotent_and_resyncs(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """Promoting an existing admin succeeds and still re-syncs LiveKit."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_sync.return_value = True
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    target = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.OWNER), (target, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": str(target.sub), "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    mock_sync.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.RoomRoleService._sync_livekit_role")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_roles.ParticipantsManagement")
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_livekit_failure_reports_partial_success(
+    mock_perm_pm, mock_svc_pm, mock_sync
+):
+    """A LiveKit sync failure does not lose the persisted role."""
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_svc_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    mock_sync.return_value = False
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    target = UserFactory(sub=uuid.uuid4())
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.OWNER)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": str(target.sub), "role": "administrator"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "role": "administrator",
+        "livekit_synced": False,
+    }
+    assert (
+        ResourceAccess.objects.get(resource=room, user=target).role == RoleChoices.ADMIN
+    )
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.api.permissions.ParticipantsManagement")
+def test_update_participant_role_rejects_owner_role(mock_perm_pm):
+    """The owner role can never be granted through this endpoint."""
+    client = APIClient()
+    admin = UserFactory()
+    room = RoomFactory(users=[(admin, RoleChoices.ADMIN)])
+    client.force_login(admin)
+
+    mock_perm_pm.return_value.check_if_in_meeting.return_value = True
+    response = client.post(
+        f"/api/v1.0/rooms/{room.id}/update-participant-role/",
+        {"participant_identity": "some-identity", "role": "owner"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400

src/backend/core/tests/services/test_livekit_events.py

@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ from core.services.livekit_events import (
     api,
 )
 from core.services.lobby import LobbyService
-from core.services.telephony import TelephonyException, TelephonyService
+from core.services.room_management import RoomManagementException
-from core.utils import MetadataUpdateException, NotificationError
+from core.services.sip_management import (
+    SIPException,
+    SIPManagement,
+)
+from core.utils import NotificationError
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ def test_initialization(
     mock_token_verifier.assert_called_once_with(api_key, api_secret)
     mock_webhook_receiver.assert_called_once_with(mock_token_verifier.return_value)
     assert isinstance(service.lobby_service, LobbyService)
-    assert isinstance(service.telephony_service, TelephonyService)
+    assert isinstance(service.sip_management, SIPManagement)
     assert isinstance(service.recording_events, RecordingEventsService)
 
 
@@ -70,12 +74,13 @@ def test_initialization(
     ),
 )
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
-def test_handle_egress_ended_success(
+def test_handle_egress_ended_success(  # noqa: PLR0913 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-positional-arguments
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_notify, mode, notification_type, service
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_notify, mode, notification_type, service, settings
 ):
     """Should successfully stop recording and notifies all participant."""
 
+    settings.RECORDING_STORAGE_EVENT_ENABLE = False
     recording = RecordingFactory(worker_id="worker-1", mode=mode, status="active")
     mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
     mock_data.egress_info.egress_id = recording.worker_id
@@ -86,8 +91,8 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_success(
     mock_notify.assert_called_once_with(
         room_name=str(recording.room.id), notification_data={"type": notification_type}
     )
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
-        str(recording.room.id), {}, ["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
+        str(recording.room.id), remove_keys=["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
     )
 
     recording.refresh_from_db()
@@ -104,9 +109,9 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_success(
         (EgressStatus.EGRESS_ABORTED, "aborted"),
     ),
 )
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_updated_success(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, egress_status, status, service
+    mock_update_metadata, egress_status, status, service
 ):
     """Should successfully update room's metadata."""
 
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_updated_success(
 
     service._handle_egress_updated(mock_data)
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
         str(recording.room.id), {"recording_status": status}
     )
 
@@ -129,9 +134,9 @@ def test_handle_egress_updated_success(
         EgressStatus.EGRESS_LIMIT_REACHED,
     ),
 )
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_updated_non_handled(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, egress_status, service
+    mock_update_metadata, egress_status, service
 ):
     """Should ignore certain egress status and don't trigger metadata updates."""
 
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_updated_non_handled(
 
     service._handle_egress_updated(mock_data)
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_not_called()
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_not_called()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -153,18 +158,19 @@ def test_handle_egress_updated_non_handled(
     ),
 )
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
-def test_handle_egress_ended_metadata_update_fails(
+def test_handle_egress_ended_metadata_update_fails(  # noqa: PLR0913 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-positional-arguments
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_notify, mode, notification_type, service
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_notify, mode, notification_type, service, settings
 ):
     """Should successfully stop and save recording when metadata's update fails."""
 
+    settings.RECORDING_STORAGE_EVENT_ENABLE = False
     recording = RecordingFactory(worker_id="worker-1", mode=mode, status="active")
     mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
     mock_data.egress_info.egress_id = recording.worker_id
     mock_data.egress_info.status = EgressStatus.EGRESS_LIMIT_REACHED
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.side_effect = MetadataUpdateException("Error notifying")
+    mock_update_metadata.side_effect = RoomManagementException("Error notifying")
 
     service._handle_egress_ended(mock_data)
 
@@ -178,9 +184,9 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_metadata_update_fails(
 
 
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_notification_fails(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_notify, service
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_notify, service
 ):
     """Should raise ActionFailedError when notification fails but still stop recording."""
 
@@ -200,15 +206,15 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_notification_fails(
     recording.refresh_from_db()
     assert recording.status == "stopped"
 
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
-        str(recording.room.id), {}, ["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
+        str(recording.room.id), remove_keys=["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
     )
 
 
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_found(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_notify, service
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_notify, service
 ):
     """Should raise ActionFailedError when recording doesn't exist."""
 
@@ -223,16 +229,16 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_found(
         service._handle_egress_ended(mock_data)
 
     mock_notify.assert_not_called()
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_not_called()
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_not_called()
 
     recording.refresh_from_db()
     assert recording.status == "active"
 
 
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_active(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_notify, service
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_notify, service
 ):
     """Should ignore non-active recordings."""
 
@@ -244,8 +250,8 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_active(
     service._handle_egress_ended(mock_data)
 
     mock_notify.assert_not_called()
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
-        str(recording.room.id), {}, ["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
+        str(recording.room.id), remove_keys=["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
     )
 
     recording.refresh_from_db()
@@ -253,9 +259,9 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_active(
 
 
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_limit_reached(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_notify, service
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_notify, service
 ):
     """Should ignore egress non-limit-reached statuses."""
 
@@ -267,16 +273,16 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_recording_not_limit_reached(
     service._handle_egress_ended(mock_data)
 
     mock_notify.assert_not_called()
-    mock_update_room_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
+    mock_update_metadata.assert_called_once_with(
-        str(recording.room.id), {}, ["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
+        str(recording.room.id), remove_keys=["recording_mode", "recording_status"]
     )
     assert recording.status == "stopped"
 
 
 @mock.patch("core.services.livekit_events.MetadataCollectorService")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_calls_metadata_collector_stop_when_conditions_are_met(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, mock_collector_class, service, settings
+    mock_update_metadata, mock_collector_class, service, settings
 ):
     """Should call MetadataCollectorService.stop when it exists."""
     settings.METADATA_COLLECTOR_ENABLED = True
@@ -306,7 +312,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_calls_metadata_collector_stop_when_conditions_are_m
     ],
 )
 @mock.patch("core.services.livekit_events.MetadataCollectorService")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_call_metadata_collector_stop_when_conditions_not_met(
     _, mock_collector_class, metadata_enabled, options, service, settings
 ):  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
@@ -335,7 +341,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_call_metadata_collector_stop_when_conditio
     "notify_external_services"
 )
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "egress_status",
     [EgressStatus.EGRESS_COMPLETE, EgressStatus.EGRESS_LIMIT_REACHED],
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_call_metadata_collector_stop_when_conditio
     [(True, "notification_succeeded"), (False, "saved")],
 )
 def test_handle_egress_ended_finalizes_recording(  # noqa: PLR0913
-    mock_update_room_metadata,
+    mock_update_metadata,
     mock_notify,
     mock_notify_external_services,
     notify_return_value,
@@ -378,7 +384,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_finalizes_recording(  # noqa: PLR0913
     "notify_external_services"
 )
 @mock.patch("core.utils.notify_participants")
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "egress_status, expected_status",
     [
@@ -387,7 +393,7 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_finalizes_recording(  # noqa: PLR0913
     ],
 )
 def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_finalize_when_webhooks_enabled(  # noqa: PLR0913
-    mock_update_room_metadata,
+    mock_update_metadata,
     mock_notify,
     mock_notify_external_services,
     egress_status,
@@ -424,9 +430,9 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_finalize_when_webhooks_enabled(  # noqa: P
         EgressStatus.EGRESS_ABORTED,
     ],
 )
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_save_on_wrong_status(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, egress_status, service, settings
+    mock_update_metadata, egress_status, service, settings
 ):
     """Shouldn't save on invalid status."""
     settings.RECORDING_STORAGE_EVENT_ENABLE = False
@@ -445,9 +451,9 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_does_not_save_on_wrong_status(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "status", ["failed_to_start", "aborted", "failed_to_stop", "saved", "initiated"]
 )
-@mock.patch("core.utils.update_room_metadata")
+@mock.patch("core.services.room_management.RoomManagement.update_metadata")
 def test_handle_egress_ended_ignores_non_savable_recording(
-    mock_update_room_metadata, status, service, settings
+    mock_update_metadata, status, service, settings
 ):
     """Should handle non-savable recordings idempotently without raising.
 
@@ -468,11 +474,11 @@ def test_handle_egress_ended_ignores_non_savable_recording(
 
 
 @mock.patch.object(LobbyService, "clear_room_cache")
-@mock.patch.object(TelephonyService, "delete_dispatch_rule")
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "delete_dispatch_rule")
 def test_handle_room_finished_clears_cache_and_deletes_dispatch_rule(
     mock_delete_dispatch_rule, mock_clear_cache, service, settings
 ):
-    """Should clear lobby cache and delete telephony dispatch rule when room finishes."""
+    """Should clear lobby cache and delete SIP dispatch rule when room finishes."""
     settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = True
     mock_room_name = uuid.uuid4()
     mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
@@ -485,12 +491,31 @@ def test_handle_room_finished_clears_cache_and_deletes_dispatch_rule(
 
 
 @mock.patch.object(LobbyService, "clear_room_cache")
-@mock.patch.object(TelephonyService, "delete_dispatch_rule")
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "delete_dispatch_rule")
+def test_handle_room_finished_deletes_dispatch_rule_when_only_roomkit_enabled(
+    mock_delete_dispatch_rule, mock_clear_cache, service, settings
+):
+    """Should delete dispatch rule when only roomkit is enabled when room finishes."""
+    settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+    mock_room_name = uuid.uuid4()
+    mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
+    mock_data.room.name = str(mock_room_name)
+
+    service._handle_room_finished(mock_data)
+
+    mock_delete_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(mock_room_name)
+    mock_clear_cache.assert_called_once_with(mock_room_name)
+
+
+@mock.patch.object(LobbyService, "clear_room_cache")
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "delete_dispatch_rule")
 def test_handle_room_finished_skips_telephony_when_disabled(
     mock_delete_dispatch_rule, mock_clear_cache, service, settings
 ):
     """Should clear lobby cache but skip dispatch rule deletion when telephony is disabled."""
     settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = False
     mock_room_name = uuid.uuid4()
     mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
     mock_data.room.name = str(mock_room_name)
@@ -504,7 +529,7 @@ def test_handle_room_finished_skips_telephony_when_disabled(
 @mock.patch.object(
     LobbyService, "clear_room_cache", side_effect=Exception("Test error")
 )
-@mock.patch.object(TelephonyService, "delete_dispatch_rule")
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "delete_dispatch_rule")
 def test_handle_room_finished_raises_error_when_cache_clearing_fails(
     mock_delete_dispatch_rule, mock_clear_cache, service, settings
 ):
@@ -527,9 +552,9 @@ def test_handle_room_finished_raises_error_when_cache_clearing_fails(
 
 @mock.patch.object(LobbyService, "clear_room_cache")
 @mock.patch.object(
-    TelephonyService,
+    SIPManagement,
     "delete_dispatch_rule",
-    side_effect=TelephonyException("Test error"),
+    side_effect=SIPException("Test error"),
 )
 def test_handle_room_finished_raises_error_when_telephony_deletion_fails(
     mock_delete_dispatch_rule, mock_clear_cache, service, settings
@@ -540,7 +565,7 @@ def test_handle_room_finished_raises_error_when_telephony_deletion_fails(
     mock_data.room.name = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
 
     expected_error = (
-        "Failed to delete telephony dispatch rule for room "
+        "Failed to delete sip dispatch rule for room "
         "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
     )
 
@@ -561,11 +586,11 @@ def test_handle_room_finished_raises_error_for_invalid_room_name(service):
         service._handle_room_finished(mock_data)
 
 
-@mock.patch.object(TelephonyService, "create_dispatch_rule")
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "ensure_dispatch_rule")
 def test_handle_room_started_creates_dispatch_rule_successfully(
-    mock_create_dispatch_rule, service, settings
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule, service, settings
 ):
-    """Should create telephony dispatch rule when room starts successfully."""
+    """Should ensure the SIP dispatch rule exists when room starts successfully."""
     settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = True
     room = RoomFactory()
     mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
@@ -573,22 +598,75 @@ def test_handle_room_started_creates_dispatch_rule_successfully(
 
     service._handle_room_started(mock_data)
 
-    mock_create_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
 
 
-@mock.patch.object(TelephonyService, "create_dispatch_rule")
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "ensure_dispatch_rule")
-def test_handle_room_started_skips_dispatch_rule_when_telephony_disabled(
+def test_handle_room_started_creates_dispatch_rule_when_only_roomkit_enabled(
-    mock_create_dispatch_rule, service, settings
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule, service, settings
 ):
-    """Should skip creating telephony dispatch rule when telephony is disabled during room start."""
+    """Should ensure the dispatch rule exists when only roomkit is enabled during room start."""
     settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
     room = RoomFactory()
     mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
     mock_data.room.name = str(room.id)
 
     service._handle_room_started(mock_data)
 
-    mock_create_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
+
+
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "ensure_dispatch_rule", return_value=False)
+def test_handle_room_started_ignores_existing_dispatch_rule(
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule, service, settings
+):
+    """Should proceed silently when the dispatch rule already exists when room starts."""
+    settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = True
+    room = RoomFactory()
+    mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
+    mock_data.room.name = str(room.id)
+
+    # ensure_dispatch_rule reports the rule as pre-existing: nothing to raise
+    service._handle_room_started(mock_data)
+
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once_with(room)
+
+
+@mock.patch.object(
+    SIPManagement,
+    "ensure_dispatch_rule",
+    side_effect=SIPException("Test error"),
+)
+def test_handle_room_started_raises_error_when_dispatch_rule_creation_fails(
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule, service, settings
+):
+    """Should raise ActionFailedError when ensuring the dispatch rule fails when room starts."""
+    settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = True
+    room = RoomFactory()
+    mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
+    mock_data.room.name = str(room.id)
+
+    expected_error = f"Failed to create sip dispatch rule for room {room.id}"
+
+    with pytest.raises(ActionFailedError, match=expected_error):
+        service._handle_room_started(mock_data)
+
+
+@mock.patch.object(SIPManagement, "ensure_dispatch_rule")
+def test_handle_room_started_skips_dispatch_rule_when_telephony_disabled(
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule, service, settings
+):
+    """Should skip ensuring the SIP dispatch rule when telephony is disabled during room start."""
+    settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = False
+    room = RoomFactory()
+    mock_data = mock.MagicMock()
+    mock_data.room.name = str(room.id)
+
+    service._handle_room_started(mock_data)
+
+    mock_ensure_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
 
 
 def test_handle_room_started_raises_error_for_invalid_room_name(service):

src/backend/core/tests/services/test_lobby.py

@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import uuid
 from unittest import mock
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 import pytest
 
-from core.factories import RoomFactory
+from core.factories import RoomFactory, UserFactory, UserResourceAccessFactory
-from core.models import RoomAccessLevel
+from core.models import RoleChoices, RoomAccessLevel
 from core.services.lobby import (
     LobbyParticipant,
     LobbyParticipantNotFound,
@@ -188,17 +189,17 @@ def test_prepare_response_new_cookie(lobby_service, participant_id):
 
 
 def test_can_bypass_lobby_public_room(lobby_service):
-    """Should return True for public rooms regardless of user auth."""
+    """Should return True for public rooms regardless of user auth and role."""
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.PUBLIC)
 
     # Anonymous user
     user = mock.Mock()
     user.is_authenticated = False
-    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user) is True
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=None) is True
 
     # Authenticated user
     user.is_authenticated = True
-    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user) is True
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=None) is True
 
 
 def test_can_bypass_lobby_trusted_room_authenticated(lobby_service):
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ def test_can_bypass_lobby_trusted_room_authenticated(lobby_service):
     # Authenticated user
     user = mock.Mock()
     user.is_authenticated = True
-    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user) is True
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=None) is True
 
 
 def test_can_bypass_lobby_trusted_room_anonymous(lobby_service):
@@ -218,21 +219,34 @@ def test_can_bypass_lobby_trusted_room_anonymous(lobby_service):
     # Anonymous user
     user = mock.Mock()
     user.is_authenticated = False
-    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user) is False
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=None) is False
 
 
 def test_can_bypass_lobby_private_room(lobby_service):
-    """Should return False for private rooms regardless of user auth."""
+    """Should return False for private rooms regardless of user auth if role is not."""
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
 
     # Anonymous user
     user = mock.Mock()
     user.is_authenticated = False
-    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user) is False
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=None) is False
 
     # Authenticated user
     user.is_authenticated = True
-    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user) is False
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=None) is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "role",
+    [RoleChoices.MEMBER, RoleChoices.ADMIN, RoleChoices.OWNER],
+)
+def test_can_bypass_lobby_private_room_with_any_role(role, lobby_service):
+    """Should return True for private rooms if the user is authenticated and has any role."""
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
+
+    user = mock.Mock()
+    user.is_authenticated = True
+    assert lobby_service.can_bypass_lobby(room, user, role=role) is True
 
 
 @mock.patch("core.utils.generate_livekit_config")
@@ -241,7 +255,7 @@ def test_request_entry_public_room(
 ):
     """Test requesting entry to a public room."""
     request = mock.Mock()
-    request.user = mock.Mock()
+    request.user = AnonymousUser()
 
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.PUBLIC)
 
@@ -266,8 +280,8 @@ def test_request_entry_public_room(
         username=username,
         color=participant.color,
         configuration=room.configuration,
-        is_admin_or_owner=False,
         participant_id="test-participant-id",
+        role=None,
     )
 
     lobby_service._get_participant.assert_called_once_with(room.id, participant_id)
@@ -279,8 +293,7 @@ def test_request_entry_trusted_room(
 ):
     """Test requesting entry to a trusted room when the user is authenticated."""
     request = mock.Mock()
-    request.user = mock.Mock()
+    request.user = UserFactory()
-    request.user.is_authenticated = True
 
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.TRUSTED)
 
@@ -305,8 +318,8 @@ def test_request_entry_trusted_room(
         username=username,
         color=participant.color,
         configuration=room.configuration,
-        is_admin_or_owner=False,
         participant_id="test-participant-id",
+        role=None,
     )
 
     lobby_service._get_participant.assert_called_once_with(room.id, participant_id)
@@ -319,6 +332,7 @@ def test_request_entry_new_participant(
     """Test requesting entry for a new participant."""
     request = mock.Mock()
     request.COOKIES = {settings.LOBBY_COOKIE_NAME: participant_id}
+    request.user = AnonymousUser()
 
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
 
@@ -348,6 +362,7 @@ def test_request_entry_waiting_participant(
     """Test requesting entry for a waiting participant."""
     request = mock.Mock()
     request.COOKIES = {settings.LOBBY_COOKIE_NAME: participant_id}
+    request.user = AnonymousUser()
 
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
 
@@ -374,7 +389,7 @@ def test_request_entry_accepted_participant(
 ):
     """Test requesting entry for an accepted participant."""
     request = mock.Mock()
-    request.user = mock.Mock()
+    request.user = AnonymousUser()
     request.COOKIES = {settings.LOBBY_COOKIE_NAME: participant_id}
 
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
@@ -400,8 +415,48 @@ def test_request_entry_accepted_participant(
         username=username,
         color="#123456",
         configuration=room.configuration,
-        is_admin_or_owner=False,
         participant_id="test-participant-id",
+        role=None,
+    )
+    lobby_service._get_participant.assert_called_once_with(room.id, participant_id)
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.utils.generate_livekit_config")
+def test_request_entry_participant_with_role(
+    mock_generate_config, lobby_service, participant_id, username
+):
+    """Test requesting entry for a participant with a role on the room."""
+    request = mock.Mock()
+    request.user = UserFactory()
+    request.COOKIES = {settings.LOBBY_COOKIE_NAME: participant_id}
+
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED)
+
+    UserResourceAccessFactory(resource=room, user=request.user, role="administrator")
+
+    mocked_participant = LobbyParticipant(
+        status=LobbyParticipantStatus.ACCEPTED,
+        username=username,
+        id=participant_id,
+        color="#123456",
+    )
+    lobby_service._get_or_create_participant_id = mock.Mock(return_value=participant_id)
+    lobby_service._get_participant = mock.Mock(return_value=mocked_participant)
+
+    mock_generate_config.return_value = {"token": "test-token"}
+
+    participant, livekit_config = lobby_service.request_entry(room, request, username)
+
+    assert participant.status == LobbyParticipantStatus.ACCEPTED
+    assert livekit_config == {"token": "test-token"}
+    mock_generate_config.assert_called_once_with(
+        room_id=str(room.id),
+        user=request.user,
+        username=username,
+        color="#123456",
+        configuration=room.configuration,
+        participant_id="test-participant-id",
+        role="administrator",
     )
     lobby_service._get_participant.assert_called_once_with(room.id, participant_id)
 

src/backend/core/tests/services/test_sip_management.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Test telephony service.
+Test SIP mamagement service.
 """
 
 # pylint: disable=W0212
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ from livekit.protocol.sip import (
 
 from core.factories import RoomFactory
 from core.models import RoomAccessLevel
-from core.services.telephony import TelephonyException, TelephonyService
+from core.services.sip_management import (
+    DispatchRuleConflictError,
+    SIPException,
+    SIPManagement,
+)
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
@@ -35,9 +39,9 @@ def create_mock_livekit_client():
 
 def test_rule_name():
     """Test rule name generation."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
-    rule_name = telephony_service._rule_name(room.id)
+    rule_name = sip_management._rule_name(room.id)
 
     assert rule_name == f"SIP_{str(room.id)}"
 
@@ -45,14 +49,14 @@ def test_rule_name():
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_create_dispatch_rule_success(mock_client_factory):
     """Test successful dispatch rule creation."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
     mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock()
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    telephony_service.create_dispatch_rule(room)
+    sip_management.create_dispatch_rule(room)
 
     mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once()
     create_request = mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule.call_args[1]["create"]
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ def test_create_dispatch_rule_success(mock_client_factory):
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_create_dispatch_rule_api_failure(mock_client_factory):
     """Test dispatch rule creation when API fails."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
@@ -76,8 +80,8 @@ def test_create_dispatch_rule_api_failure(mock_client_factory):
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    with pytest.raises(TelephonyException, match="Could not create dispatch rule"):
+    with pytest.raises(SIPException, match="Could not create dispatch rule"):
-        telephony_service.create_dispatch_rule(room)
+        sip_management.create_dispatch_rule(room)
 
     mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once()
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ def test_create_dispatch_rule_api_failure(mock_client_factory):
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_success(mock_client_factory):
     """Test successful listing of dispatch rule IDs."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_rules = [
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_success(mock_client_factory):
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    result = async_to_sync(telephony_service._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
+    result = async_to_sync(sip_management._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
 
     assert len(result) == 2
     assert "rule-1" in result
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_success(mock_client_factory):
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_empty_response(mock_client_factory):
     """Test listing dispatch rule IDs when no rules exist."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_empty_response(mock_client_factory):
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    result = async_to_sync(telephony_service._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
+    result = async_to_sync(sip_management._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
 
     assert result == []
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_empty_response(mock_client_factory):
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_no_matching_rules(mock_client_factory):
     """Test listing dispatch rule IDs when no rules match the room."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_rules = [
@@ -163,7 +167,7 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_no_matching_rules(mock_client_factory):
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    result = async_to_sync(telephony_service._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
+    result = async_to_sync(sip_management._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
 
     assert result == []
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_no_matching_rules(mock_client_factory):
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_api_failure(mock_client_factory):
     """Test listing dispatch rule IDs when API fails."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
@@ -181,34 +185,34 @@ def test_list_dispatch_rules_ids_api_failure(mock_client_factory):
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    with pytest.raises(TelephonyException, match="Could not list dispatch rules"):
+    with pytest.raises(SIPException, match="Could not list dispatch rules"):
-        async_to_sync(telephony_service._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
+        async_to_sync(sip_management._list_dispatch_rules_ids)(room.id)
 
     mock_api.sip.list_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once()
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
 
 
-@mock.patch("core.services.telephony.TelephonyService._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
+@mock.patch("core.services.sip_management.SIPManagement._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_delete_dispatch_rule_no_rules(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     """Test deleting dispatch rules when no rules exist."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_list_rules.return_value = []
 
-    result = telephony_service.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
+    result = sip_management.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
 
     assert result is False
     mock_list_rules.assert_called_once_with(room.id)
     mock_client_factory.assert_not_called()
 
 
-@mock.patch("core.services.telephony.TelephonyService._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
+@mock.patch("core.services.sip_management.SIPManagement._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_delete_dispatch_rule_single_rule(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     """Test deleting a single dispatch rule."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_list_rules.return_value = ["rule-1"]
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ def test_delete_dispatch_rule_single_rule(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     mock_api.sip.delete_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock()
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    result = telephony_service.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
+    result = sip_management.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
 
     assert result is True
     mock_api.sip.delete_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once()
@@ -226,11 +230,11 @@ def test_delete_dispatch_rule_single_rule(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
 
 
-@mock.patch("core.services.telephony.TelephonyService._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
+@mock.patch("core.services.sip_management.SIPManagement._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_delete_dispatch_rule_multiple_rules(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     """Test deleting multiple dispatch rules."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_list_rules.return_value = ["rule-1", "rule-2", "rule-3"]
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ def test_delete_dispatch_rule_multiple_rules(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rule
     mock_api.sip.delete_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock()
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    result = telephony_service.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
+    result = sip_management.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
 
     assert result is True
     assert mock_api.sip.delete_sip_dispatch_rule.call_count == 3
@@ -253,11 +257,11 @@ def test_delete_dispatch_rule_multiple_rules(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rule
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
 
 
-@mock.patch("core.services.telephony.TelephonyService._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
+@mock.patch("core.services.sip_management.SIPManagement._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_delete_dispatch_rule_partial_failure(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     """Test deleting multiple dispatch rules when one deletion fails."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_list_rules.return_value = ["rule-1", "rule-2", "rule-3"]
@@ -277,18 +281,18 @@ def test_delete_dispatch_rule_partial_failure(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rul
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    with pytest.raises(TelephonyException, match="Could not delete dispatch rules"):
+    with pytest.raises(SIPException, match="Could not delete dispatch rules"):
-        telephony_service.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
+        sip_management.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
 
     assert mock_api.sip.delete_sip_dispatch_rule.call_count == 2
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
 
 
-@mock.patch("core.services.telephony.TelephonyService._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
+@mock.patch("core.services.sip_management.SIPManagement._list_dispatch_rules_ids")
 @mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
 def test_delete_dispatch_rule_api_failure(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     """Test deleting dispatch rules when API fails immediately."""
-    telephony_service = TelephonyService()
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
     room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
 
     mock_list_rules.return_value = ["rule-1"]
@@ -298,8 +302,131 @@ def test_delete_dispatch_rule_api_failure(mock_client_factory, mock_list_rules):
     )
     mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
 
-    with pytest.raises(TelephonyException, match="Could not delete dispatch rules"):
+    with pytest.raises(SIPException, match="Could not delete dispatch rules"):
-        telephony_service.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
+        sip_management.delete_dispatch_rule(room.id)
 
     mock_api.sip.delete_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once()
     mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
+def test_create_dispatch_rule_conflict_raises_dedicated_error(mock_client_factory):
+    """Test that a LiveKit conflict error raises DispatchRuleConflictError."""
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
+
+    mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        side_effect=TwirpError(
+            msg=(
+                "Dispatch rule for the same trunk, inbound number, number, and "
+                "PIN combination already exists in dispatch rule"
+            ),
+            code="already_exists",
+            status=409,
+        )
+    )
+    mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
+
+    with pytest.raises(DispatchRuleConflictError):
+        sip_management.create_dispatch_rule(room)
+
+    mock_api.aclose.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
+def test_ensure_dispatch_rule_creates_when_missing(mock_client_factory):
+    """Test that ensure_dispatch_rule creates the rule when none exists."""
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
+
+    mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
+    mock_api.sip.list_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        return_value=ListSIPDispatchRuleResponse(items=[])
+    )
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock()
+    mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
+
+    created = sip_management.ensure_dispatch_rule(room)
+
+    assert created is True
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_called_once()
+    create_request = mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule.call_args[1]["create"]
+
+    assert isinstance(create_request, CreateSIPDispatchRuleRequest)
+    assert create_request.name == f"SIP_{str(room.id)}"
+    assert create_request.rule.dispatch_rule_direct.room_name == str(room.id)
+    assert create_request.rule.dispatch_rule_direct.pin == str(room.pin_code)
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
+def test_ensure_dispatch_rule_skips_when_existing(mock_client_factory):
+    """Test that ensure_dispatch_rule is idempotent when the rule already exists."""
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
+
+    existing_rule = SIPDispatchRuleInfo(
+        sip_dispatch_rule_id="rule-1", name=f"SIP_{str(room.id)}"
+    )
+    mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
+    mock_api.sip.list_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        return_value=ListSIPDispatchRuleResponse(items=[existing_rule])
+    )
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock()
+    mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
+
+    created = sip_management.ensure_dispatch_rule(room)
+
+    assert created is False
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
+def test_ensure_dispatch_rule_returns_false_on_conflict(mock_client_factory):
+    """Test that ensure_dispatch_rule tolerates a concurrent rule creation.
+
+    If the rule is created by a concurrent caller (e.g. the LiveKit webhook)
+    between the existence check and the creation, LiveKit rejects the
+    duplicate and ensure_dispatch_rule reports the rule as already existing.
+    """
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
+
+    mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
+    mock_api.sip.list_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        return_value=ListSIPDispatchRuleResponse(items=[])
+    )
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        side_effect=TwirpError(
+            msg=(
+                "Dispatch rule for the same trunk, inbound number, number, and "
+                "PIN combination already exists in dispatch rule"
+            ),
+            code="already_exists",
+            status=409,
+        )
+    )
+    mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
+
+    created = sip_management.ensure_dispatch_rule(room)
+
+    assert created is False
+
+
+@mock.patch("core.utils.create_livekit_client")
+def test_ensure_dispatch_rule_raises_on_other_failures(mock_client_factory):
+    """Test that ensure_dispatch_rule propagates unexpected LiveKit failures."""
+    sip_management = SIPManagement()
+    room = RoomFactory(access_level=RoomAccessLevel.RESTRICTED, pin_code="1234")
+
+    mock_api = create_mock_livekit_client()
+    mock_api.sip.list_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        return_value=ListSIPDispatchRuleResponse(items=[])
+    )
+    mock_api.sip.create_sip_dispatch_rule = mock.AsyncMock(
+        side_effect=TwirpError(msg="Internal server error", code="unknown", status=500)
+    )
+    mock_client_factory.return_value = mock_api
+
+    with pytest.raises(SIPException, match="Could not create dispatch rule"):
+        sip_management.ensure_dispatch_rule(room)

src/backend/core/tests/test_api_users.py

@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ def test_api_users_retrieve_me_authenticated(settings):
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
     assert response.json() == {
+        "default_room_access_level": None,
+        "default_room_configuration": {},
         "id": str(user.id),
         "email": user.email,
         "full_name": user.full_name,

src/backend/core/tests/test_api_users_room_preferences.py

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+"""
+Test the default room preferences exposed on the users API.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+from rest_framework.test import APIClient
+
+from core import factories
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
+
+
+def test_api_users_me_includes_default_room_preferences():
+    """The "me" endpoint should expose the user's default room preferences."""
+    user = factories.UserFactory(
+        default_room_access_level="restricted",
+        default_room_configuration={"everyone_can_mute": False},
+    )
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.get("/api/v1.0/users/me/")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    content = response.json()
+    assert content["default_room_access_level"] == "restricted"
+    assert content["default_room_configuration"] == {"everyone_can_mute": False}
+
+
+def test_api_users_update_default_room_preferences():
+    """Users should be able to update their own default room preferences."""
+    user = factories.UserFactory()
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.patch(
+        f"/api/v1.0/users/{user.id!s}/",
+        {
+            "default_room_access_level": "trusted",
+            "default_room_configuration": {
+                "can_publish_sources": ["microphone", "camera"],
+                "everyone_can_mute": False,
+            },
+        },
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    user.refresh_from_db()
+    assert user.default_room_access_level == "trusted"
+    assert user.default_room_configuration == {
+        "can_publish_sources": ["microphone", "camera"],
+        "everyone_can_mute": False,
+    }
+
+
+def test_api_users_update_default_room_access_level_invalid():
+    """An invalid access level should be rejected."""
+    user = factories.UserFactory()
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.patch(
+        f"/api/v1.0/users/{user.id!s}/",
+        {"default_room_access_level": "invalid"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    user.refresh_from_db()
+    assert user.default_room_access_level is None
+
+
+def test_api_users_update_default_room_configuration_invalid():
+    """An invalid room configuration should be rejected."""
+    user = factories.UserFactory()
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.patch(
+        f"/api/v1.0/users/{user.id!s}/",
+        {"default_room_configuration": {"unknown_field": True}},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    user.refresh_from_db()
+    assert user.default_room_configuration == {}
+
+
+def test_api_users_update_other_user_default_room_preferences_forbidden():
+    """Users should not be able to update someone else's preferences."""
+    user = factories.UserFactory()
+    other_user = factories.UserFactory()
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user)
+
+    response = client.patch(
+        f"/api/v1.0/users/{other_user.id!s}/",
+        {"default_room_access_level": "restricted"},
+        format="json",
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 403
+    other_user.refresh_from_db()
+    assert other_user.default_room_access_level is None

src/backend/core/tests/test_models_rooms.py

@@ -184,12 +184,13 @@ def test_models_rooms_is_public_property():
 
 
 @mock.patch.object(Room, "generate_unique_pin_code")
-def test_telephony_disabled_skips_pin_generation(
+def test_telephony_and_roomkit_disabled_skips_pin_generation(
     mock_generate_unique_pin_code, settings
 ):
-    """Telephony disabled should not generate pin codes."""
+    """Telephony and roomkit both disabled should not generate pin codes."""
 
     settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = False
 
     room = RoomFactory()
 
@@ -197,6 +198,18 @@ def test_telephony_disabled_skips_pin_generation(
     assert room.pin_code is None
 
 
+def test_roomkit_enabled_generates_pin_code(settings):
+    """Roomkit enabled alone should generate pin codes, even without telephony."""
+
+    settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_ENABLED = False
+    settings.ROOMKIT_ENABLED = True
+
+    room = RoomFactory()
+
+    assert room.pin_code is not None
+    assert len(room.pin_code) == settings.ROOM_TELEPHONY_PIN_LENGTH
+
+
 def test_default_and_custom_pin_length(settings):
     """Pin codes should be created with correct configured length."""
 

src/backend/core/urls.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter, SimpleRouter
 from core.addons import viewsets as addons_viewsets
 from core.api import get_frontend_configuration, viewsets
 from core.external_api import viewsets as external_viewsets
+from core.roomkit import viewsets as roomkit_viewsets
 
 # - Main endpoints
 router = DefaultRouter()
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ router.register("files", viewsets.FileViewSet, basename="files")
 router.register(
     "resource-accesses", viewsets.ResourceAccessViewSet, basename="resource_accesses"
 )
+router.register(
+    "roomkit",
+    roomkit_viewsets.RoomKitViewSet,
+    basename="roomkit",
+)
 router.register(
     "addons/sessions",
     addons_viewsets.SessionViewSet,

src/backend/core/utils.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from livekit.api import (  # pylint: disable=E0611
     LiveKitAPI,
     SendDataRequest,
     TwirpError,
-    UpdateRoomMetadataRequest,
     VideoGrants,
 )
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ def generate_token(
     username: Optional[str] = None,
     color: Optional[str] = None,
     sources: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-    is_admin_or_owner: bool = False,
+    role: Optional[str] = None,
     participant_id: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> str:
     """Generate a LiveKit access token for a user in a specific room.
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ def generate_token(
                          If none, a value will be generated
         sources: (Optional[List[str]]): List of media sources the user can publish
                          If none, defaults to LIVEKIT_DEFAULT_SOURCES.
-        is_admin_or_owner (bool): Whether user has admin privileges
+        role (Optional[str]): Room's access role if any
         participant_id (Optional[str]): Stable identifier for anonymous users;
                          used as identity when user.is_anonymous.
 
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ def generate_token(
         str: The LiveKit JWT access token.
     """
 
+    is_admin_or_owner = role in ("owner", "administrator")
     if is_admin_or_owner:
         sources = settings.LIVEKIT_DEFAULT_SOURCES
 
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ def generate_token(
         .with_identity(identity)
         .with_name(display_name)
         .with_attributes(
-            {"color": color, "room_admin": "true" if is_admin_or_owner else "false"}
+            {
+                "color": color,
+                "room_role": role,
+                "is_authenticated": "true" if user.is_authenticated else "false",
+            }
         )
     )
 
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@ def generate_livekit_config(
     room_id: str,
     user,
     username: str,
-    is_admin_or_owner: bool,
+    role: Optional[str] = None,
     color: Optional[str] = None,
     configuration: Optional[dict] = None,
     participant_id: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ def generate_livekit_config(
         room_id: Room identifier
         user: User instance requesting access
         username: Display name in room
-        is_admin_or_owner (bool): Whether the user has admin/owner privileges for this room.
+        role (str): Room's access role if any
         color (Optional[str]): Optional color to associate with the participant.
         configuration (Optional[dict]): Room configuration dict that can override default settings.
         participant_id (Optional[str]): Stable identifier for anonymous users;
@@ -173,7 +177,7 @@ def generate_livekit_config(
             username=username,
             color=color,
             sources=sources,
-            is_admin_or_owner=is_admin_or_owner,
+            role=role,
             participant_id=participant_id,
         ),
     }
@@ -258,57 +262,6 @@ async def notify_participants(room_name: str, notification_data: dict):
         await lkapi.aclose()
 
 
-class MetadataUpdateException(Exception):
-    """Room's metadata update fails."""
-
-
-@async_to_sync
-async def update_room_metadata(
-    room_name: str, metadata: dict, remove_keys: Optional[list[str]] = None
-):
-    """Update LiveKit room metadata by merging new values with existing metadata.
-
-    Args:
-        room_name: Name of the room to update
-        metadata: Dictionary of metadata key-values to add/update
-        remove_keys: Optional list of keys to remove from existing metadata.
-    """
-
-    lkapi = create_livekit_client()
-
-    try:
-        response = await lkapi.room.list_rooms(
-            ListRoomsRequest(
-                names=[room_name],
-            )
-        )
-
-        if not response.rooms:
-            return
-
-        room = response.rooms[0]
-
-        existing_metadata = json.loads(room.metadata) if room.metadata else {}
-
-        if remove_keys:
-            for key in remove_keys:
-                existing_metadata.pop(key, None)
-
-        updated_metadata = {**existing_metadata, **metadata}
-
-        await lkapi.room.update_room_metadata(
-            UpdateRoomMetadataRequest(
-                room=room_name, metadata=json.dumps(updated_metadata).encode("utf-8")
-            )
-        )
-    except TwirpError as e:
-        raise MetadataUpdateException(
-            f"Failed to update metadata for room {room_name}: {e}"
-        ) from e
-    finally:
-        await lkapi.aclose()
-
-
 ALPHANUMERIC_CHARSET = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
 
 

src/backend/meet/settings.py

@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ class Base(Configuration):
                 environ_name="CREATION_CALLBACK_THROTTLE_RATES",
                 environ_prefix=None,
             ),
+            "roomkit_join": values.Value(
+                default="300/minute",
+                environ_name="ROOMKIT_JOIN_THROTTLE_RATES",
+                environ_prefix=None,
+            ),
         },
     }
     MONITORED_THROTTLE_FAILURE_CALLBACK = (
@@ -881,6 +886,21 @@ class Base(Configuration):
         environ_prefix=None,
     )
 
+    # Roomkit (meeting-room SIP devices) integration
+    ROOMKIT_ENABLED = values.BooleanValue(
+        False,
+        environ_name="ROOMKIT_ENABLED",
+        environ_prefix=None,
+    )
+    # Server-to-server API token allowing the LiveKit SIP module to call the
+    # roomkit endpoints (e.g. join a room on behalf of a meeting-room device
+    # dialing in before any WebRTC participant).
+    ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN = SecretFileValue(
+        None,
+        environ_name="ROOMKIT_SERVER_TO_SERVER_API_TOKEN",
+        environ_prefix=None,
+    )
+
     # Subtitles settings
     ROOM_SUBTITLE_ENABLED = values.BooleanValue(
         False, environ_name="ROOM_SUBTITLE_ENABLED", environ_prefix=None

src/backend/pyproject.toml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "django-storages[s3]==1.14.6",
     "django-timezone-field>=5.1",
     "django-pydantic-field==0.5.4",
-    "django==5.2.14",
+    "django==5.2.16",
     "djangorestframework==3.17.1",
     "drf_spectacular==0.29.0",
     "dockerflow==2026.3.4",

src/backend/uv.lock

@@ -586,16 +586,16 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "5.2.14"
+version = "5.2.16"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "asgiref" },
     { name = "sqlparse" },
     { name = "tzdata", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/65/95/95f7faa0950867afaa0bef2460c6263afd6a2c78cc9434046ed28160b015/django-5.2.14.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:58a63ba841662e5c686b57ba1fec52ddd68c0b93bd96ac3029d55728f00bf8a2", size = 10895118, upload-time = "2026-05-05T13:57:31.104Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a9/26/889449d521ae508b26de715954faecd8bcf3f740affb81b2d146a83b42a5/django-5.2.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:59ea02020c3136fce14bef0bbece21a10a4febef5eed1c51c22ae468efa22200", size = 10890894, upload-time = "2026-07-07T13:52:17.005Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/14/44/f172870cf87aa25afef48fb72adba89ee8b77fcab6f3b23d240b923f1528/django-5.2.14-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6f712143bd3064310d1f50fac859c3e9a274bdcfc9595339853be7779297fc76", size = 8311320, upload-time = "2026-05-05T13:57:25.795Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4e/13/1e5e3e4c15dcecb04281b3cb2a46a4670e1cef131068e202f6040df19224/django-5.2.16-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:04f354bf9d807a86ad1a8392fe3808d362358a8eafc322848e0e43e59b24371d", size = 8311943, upload-time = "2026-07-07T13:52:11.223Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "brotli", specifier = "==1.2.0" },
     { name = "celery", extras = ["redis"], specifier = "==5.6.3" },
     { name = "dj-database-url", specifier = "==3.1.2" },
-    { name = "django", specifier = "==5.2.14" },
+    { name = "django", specifier = "==5.2.16" },
     { name = "django-configurations", specifier = "==2.5.1" },
     { name = "django-cors-headers", specifier = "==4.9.0" },
     { name = "django-countries", specifier = "==9.0.0" },

src/frontend/panda.config.ts

@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ const config: Config = {
           clipPath: 'polygon(50% 50%, 0 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0)',
         },
       },
+      overlayIn: {
+        from: { opacity: 0 },
+        to: { opacity: 0.6 },
+      },
     },
     tokens: defineTokens({
       /* we take a few things from the panda preset but for now we clear out some stuff.

src/frontend/src/api/useConfig.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { fetchApi } from './fetchApi'
 import { keys } from './queryKeys'
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { RecordingMode } from '@/features/recording'
+import type { ApiAccessLevel } from '@/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom'
 import type { Track } from 'livekit-client'
 type Source = Track.Source
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ export interface ApiConfig {
     international_phone_number?: string
     default_country?: string
   }
+  resource?: {
+    default_access_level?: ApiAccessLevel
+  }
   manifest_link?: string
   livekit: {
     url: string

src/frontend/src/components/Avatar.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ const avatar = cva({
   },
 })
 
+const getInitials = (name?: string): string => {
+  if (!name) return ''
+  const words = name.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
+  if (words.length === 0) return ''
+  const first = words[0].charAt(0)
+  const second = words.length > 1 ? words[1].charAt(0) : ''
+  return (first + second).toUpperCase()
+}
+
 export type AvatarProps = React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & {
   name?: string
   bgColor?: string
@@ -35,7 +44,7 @@ export type AvatarProps = React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & {
 
 export const Avatar = React.memo(
   ({ name, bgColor, context, notification, style, ...props }: AvatarProps) => {
-    const initial = name?.trim()?.charAt(0) ?? ''
+    const initials = getInitials(name)
     return (
       <div
         style={{ backgroundColor: bgColor, ...style }}
@@ -50,13 +59,14 @@ export const Avatar = React.memo(
           <text
             x="50"
             y="50"
+            dy="-0.08em"
             textAnchor="middle"
             dominantBaseline="central"
             fontSize="52"
             fontWeight="500"
             fill="currentColor"
           >
-            {initial}
+            {initials.toUpperCase()}
           </text>
         </svg>
       </div>

src/frontend/src/features/auth/api/ApiUser.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import { BackendLanguage } from '@/utils/languages'
+import type {
+  ApiAccessLevel,
+  RoomConfiguration,
+} from '@/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom'
 
 export type ApiUser = {
   id: string
@@ -7,4 +11,6 @@ export type ApiUser = {
   last_name: string
   language: BackendLanguage
   timezone: string
+  default_room_access_level?: ApiAccessLevel | null
+  default_room_configuration?: RoomConfiguration | null
 }

src/frontend/src/features/auth/api/patchUser.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { useMutation, type UseMutationOptions } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+import { fetchApi } from '@/api/fetchApi'
+import type { ApiError } from '@/api/ApiError'
+import { type ApiUser } from './ApiUser'
+
+export type PatchUserParams = {
+  userId: string
+  user: Partial<
+    Pick<
+      ApiUser,
+      | 'timezone'
+      | 'language'
+      | 'default_room_access_level'
+      | 'default_room_configuration'
+    >
+  >
+}
+
+export const patchUser = ({ userId, user }: PatchUserParams) => {
+  return fetchApi<ApiUser>(`/users/${userId}/`, {
+    method: 'PATCH',
+    body: JSON.stringify(user),
+  })
+}
+
+export const patchUserMutationKey = ['patchUser']
+
+export function usePatchUser(
+  options?: UseMutationOptions<ApiUser, ApiError, PatchUserParams>
+) {
+  return useMutation<ApiUser, ApiError, PatchUserParams>({
+    mutationKey: patchUserMutationKey,
+    mutationFn: patchUser,
+    ...options,
+  })
+}

src/frontend/src/features/chat/components/ChatProvider.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { ref } from 'valtio'
 import { useSidePanel } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useSidePanel'
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
 import { useChat, useRoomContext } from '@livekit/components-react'
-import { appendRow, chatStore } from '@/stores/chat'
+import { appendRow, chatStore, resetChatStore } from '@/stores/chat'
 import type { ChatMessage } from '@livekit/components-core'
 import {
   LocalParticipant,
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export const ChatProvider = () => {
 
   const room = useRoomContext()
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    resetChatStore()
+  }, [])
+
   // Tigger the message notification (temporary)
   useEffect(() => {
     // TEMPORARY: This is a brittle workaround that relies on message count tracking

src/frontend/src/features/layout/components/CarouselLayout.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { getScrollBarWidth } from '@livekit/components-core'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { TrackLoop, useVisualStableUpdate } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import { useSize } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useResizeObserver'
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect } from 'react'
 
 const MIN_HEIGHT = 130
 const MIN_WIDTH = 140
@@ -11,72 +10,6 @@ const MIN_VISIBLE_TILES = 1
 const ASPECT_RATIO = 16 / 10
 const ASPECT_RATIO_INVERT = (1 - ASPECT_RATIO) * -1
 
-type CarouselOrientation = 'vertical' | 'horizontal'
-
-interface CarouselLayoutState {
-  orientation: CarouselOrientation
-  maxVisibleTiles: number
-}
-
-interface CarouselLayoutObserverProps {
-  asideEl: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>
-  orientation?: CarouselOrientation
-  onLayoutChange: (layout: CarouselLayoutState) => void
-}
-
-const CarouselLayoutObserver = ({
-  orientation,
-  asideEl,
-  onLayoutChange,
-}: CarouselLayoutObserverProps) => {
-  const { width, height } = useSize(asideEl)
-
-  // Hysteresis memory: avoids flapping between N and N+1 tiles when the
-  // container size hovers around a breakpoint. A ref (not state) because
-  // updating it must not trigger a re-render.
-  const prevTilesRef = React.useRef(0)
-
-  const carouselOrientation: CarouselOrientation =
-    orientation ?? (height >= width ? 'vertical' : 'horizontal')
-
-  const tileSpan =
-    carouselOrientation === 'vertical'
-      ? Math.max(width * ASPECT_RATIO_INVERT, MIN_HEIGHT)
-      : Math.max(height * ASPECT_RATIO, MIN_WIDTH)
-
-  const scrollBarWidth = getScrollBarWidth()
-
-  const availableSpan =
-    (carouselOrientation === 'vertical' ? height : width) - scrollBarWidth
-
-  const tilesThatFit = Math.max(availableSpan / tileSpan, MIN_VISIBLE_TILES)
-
-  let maxVisibleTiles: number
-  if (Math.abs(tilesThatFit - prevTilesRef.current) < 0.5) {
-    // Within the dead zone: keep the previous count.
-    maxVisibleTiles = Math.round(prevTilesRef.current)
-  } else {
-    maxVisibleTiles = Math.round(tilesThatFit)
-    prevTilesRef.current = tilesThatFit
-  }
-
-  // Apply cosmetic layout output straight to the DOM.
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    const el = asideEl.current
-    if (!el) return
-    el.dataset.lkOrientation = carouselOrientation
-    el.style.setProperty('--lk-max-visible-tiles', maxVisibleTiles.toString())
-  }, [asideEl, carouselOrientation, maxVisibleTiles])
-
-  // Report upward only what the parent actually needs for
-  // `useVisualStableUpdate` (and only when it changes — see parent handler).
-  useEffect(() => {
-    onLayoutChange({ orientation: carouselOrientation, maxVisibleTiles })
-  }, [carouselOrientation, maxVisibleTiles, onLayoutChange])
-
-  return null
-}
-
 /** @public */
 export interface CarouselLayoutProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLMediaElement> {
   tracks: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder[]
@@ -107,42 +40,52 @@ export function CarouselLayout({
   ...props
 }: CarouselLayoutProps) {
   const asideEl = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const [prevTiles, setPrevTiles] = React.useState(0)
+  const { width, height } = useSize(asideEl)
+  const carouselOrientation = orientation
+    ? orientation
+    : height >= width
+      ? 'vertical'
+      : 'horizontal'
 
-  const [layout, setLayout] = React.useState<CarouselLayoutState>({
+  const tileSpan =
-    orientation: orientation ?? 'vertical',
+    carouselOrientation === 'vertical'
-    maxVisibleTiles: MIN_VISIBLE_TILES,
+      ? Math.max(width * ASPECT_RATIO_INVERT, MIN_HEIGHT)
-  })
+      : Math.max(height * ASPECT_RATIO, MIN_WIDTH)
+  const scrollBarWidth = getScrollBarWidth()
 
-  // Stable callback + identity check: the parent only re-renders when the
+  const tilesThatFit =
-  // derived layout genuinely changed, not on every resize tick.
+    carouselOrientation === 'vertical'
-  const handleLayoutChange = useCallback((next: CarouselLayoutState) => {
+      ? Math.max((height - scrollBarWidth) / tileSpan, MIN_VISIBLE_TILES)
-    setLayout((prev) =>
+      : Math.max((width - scrollBarWidth) / tileSpan, MIN_VISIBLE_TILES)
-      prev.orientation === next.orientation &&
+
-      prev.maxVisibleTiles === next.maxVisibleTiles
+  let maxVisibleTiles = Math.round(tilesThatFit)
-        ? prev
+  if (Math.abs(tilesThatFit - prevTiles) < 0.5) {
-        : next
+    maxVisibleTiles = Math.round(prevTiles)
+  } else if (prevTiles !== tilesThatFit) {
+    setPrevTiles(tilesThatFit)
+  }
+
+  const sortedTiles = useVisualStableUpdate(tracks, maxVisibleTiles)
+
+  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (asideEl.current) {
+      asideEl.current.dataset.lkOrientation = carouselOrientation
+      asideEl.current.style.setProperty(
+        '--lk-max-visible-tiles',
+        maxVisibleTiles.toString()
       )
-  }, [])
+    }
-
+  }, [maxVisibleTiles, carouselOrientation])
-  const sortedTiles = useVisualStableUpdate(tracks, layout.maxVisibleTiles)
 
   return (
-    <>
-      <CarouselLayoutObserver
-        asideEl={asideEl}
-        orientation={orientation}
-        onLayoutChange={handleLayoutChange}
-      />
-      {/* `key` intentionally remounts the container when orientation flips, */}
-      {/* which resets scroll position and re-runs the observer measurement. */}
     <aside
-        key={layout.orientation}
+      key={carouselOrientation}
       className="lk-carousel"
       ref={asideEl}
       {...props}
     >
       <TrackLoop tracks={sortedTiles}>{props.children}</TrackLoop>
     </aside>
-    </>
   )
 }

src/frontend/src/features/layout/components/GridLayout.tsx

@@ -10,35 +10,8 @@ import { mergeProps } from '@/utils/mergeProps'
 import { PaginationIndicator } from './PaginationIndicator'
 import { useGridLayout } from '../hooks/useGridLayout'
 import { PaginationControl } from './PaginationControl'
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useSpeakerPromotionTrigger } from '../hooks/useSpeakerPromotionTrigger'
 
-interface GridLayoutObserverProps {
-  gridEl: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>
-  trackCount: number
-  onMaxTilesChange: (maxTiles: number) => void
-}
-
-/**
- * Headless component that runs the layout calculation in isolation and
- * reports the resulting tile capacity upward.
- *
- * `useGridLayout` re-renders its host on every layout recalculation
- * (e.g. container resizes). Rendering it in a null child means only this
- * component churns; the parent `GridLayout` re-renders solely when
- * `maxTiles` actually changes, since `setState` bails out on equal values.
- */
-const GridLayoutObserver = ({
-  gridEl,
-  trackCount,
-  onMaxTilesChange,
-}: GridLayoutObserverProps) => {
-  const { layout } = useGridLayout(gridEl, trackCount)
-  useEffect(() => {
-    onMaxTilesChange(layout.maxTiles)
-  }, [onMaxTilesChange, layout.maxTiles])
-
-  return null
-}
 
 /** @public */
 export interface GridLayoutProps
@@ -66,14 +39,16 @@ export interface GridLayoutProps
  * @public
  */
 export function GridLayout({ tracks, ...props }: GridLayoutProps) {
-  const gridEl = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const gridEl = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>()
-  const [maxTiles, setMaxTiles] = useState(1)
 
   const elementProps = React.useMemo(
     () => mergeProps(props, { className: 'lk-grid-layout' }),
     [props]
   )
-  const pagination = usePagination(maxTiles, tracks)
+
+  const { layout } = useGridLayout(gridEl, tracks.length)
+  const pagination = usePagination(layout.maxTiles, tracks)
+  useSpeakerPromotionTrigger(pagination.tracks)
 
   useSwipe(gridEl, {
     onLeftSwipe: pagination.nextPage,
@@ -86,13 +61,8 @@ export function GridLayout({ tracks, ...props }: GridLayoutProps) {
       data-lk-pagination={pagination.totalPageCount > 1}
       {...elementProps}
     >
-      <GridLayoutObserver
-        gridEl={gridEl}
-        trackCount={tracks.length}
-        onMaxTilesChange={setMaxTiles}
-      />
       <TrackLoop tracks={pagination.tracks}>{props.children}</TrackLoop>
-      {tracks.length > maxTiles && (
+      {tracks.length > layout.maxTiles && (
         <>
           <PaginationIndicator
             totalPageCount={pagination.totalPageCount}

src/frontend/src/features/layout/components/StageLayout.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   log,
   type TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder,
 } from '@livekit/components-core'
-import { RoomEvent, Track } from 'livekit-client'
+import { Track } from 'livekit-client'
 import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
 import { clearPinnedTrack, layoutStore, setPinnedTrack } from '@/stores/layout'
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const StageLayout = () => {
       { source: Track.Source.Camera, withPlaceholder: true },
       { source: Track.Source.ScreenShare, withPlaceholder: false },
     ],
-    { updateOnlyOn: [RoomEvent.ActiveSpeakersChanged], onlySubscribed: false }
+    { updateOnlyOn: [], onlySubscribed: false }
   )
 
   const screenShareTracks = tracks
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const StageLayout = () => {
             >
               <ParticipantTile />
             </CarouselLayout>
-            {pinnedTrackRef && <FocusLayout trackRef={pinnedTrackRef} />}
+            <FocusLayout trackRef={pinnedTrackRef} />
           </FocusLayoutContainer>
         </div>
       )}

src/frontend/src/features/layout/hooks/useSpeakerPromotionTrigger.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { RoomEvent } from 'livekit-client'
+import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+import type { TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder } from '@livekit/components-core'
+import { useRoomContext } from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { useEffect, useReducer, useRef } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Tripwire for speaker promotion.
+ *
+ * Listens to `RoomEvent.ActiveSpeakersChanged` imperatively and forces ONE
+ * re-render of the host component only when an active speaker has none of
+ * their tiles are within the visible span (`maxVisibleTiles`). That render
+ * re-runs `useVisualStableUpdate`, which reads live `participant.isSpeaking`
+ * state and performs the actual swap.
+ *
+ * Speakers already visible are ignored. Everything else costs zero React work.
+ *
+ * Requires the parent to NOT re-render on speaker events itself, i.e.
+ * `useTracks(..., { updateOnlyOn: [] })` upstream.
+ */
+export function useSpeakerPromotionTrigger(
+  sortedTiles: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder[]
+) {
+  const room = useRoomContext()
+  const [, forceRender] = useReducer((n: number) => n + 1, 0)
+
+  // Refs so the listener reads current values without re-subscribing
+  // and without itself being a render dependency.
+  const tilesRef = useRef(sortedTiles)
+  tilesRef.current = sortedTiles
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onActiveSpeakersChanged = (speakers: Participant[]) => {
+      const tiles = tilesRef.current
+      const hiddenSpeakerExists = speakers.some(
+        (speaker) =>
+          !tiles.some((t) => t.participant.identity === speaker.identity)
+      )
+      if (hiddenSpeakerExists) {
+        forceRender()
+      }
+    }
+    room.on(RoomEvent.ActiveSpeakersChanged, onActiveSpeakersChanged)
+    return () => {
+      room.off(RoomEvent.ActiveSpeakersChanged, onActiveSpeakersChanged)
+    }
+  }, [room])
+}

src/frontend/src/features/notifications/MainNotificationToast.tsx

@@ -168,6 +168,31 @@ export const MainNotificationToast = () => {
     }
   }, [room, triggerNotificationSoundIfRoomIsSmall])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleAttributeChanged = (
+      changedAttributes: Record<string, string>,
+      participant: Participant
+    ) => {
+      if (!participant.isLocal || !('room_role' in changedAttributes)) return
+      const newRole = changedAttributes['room_role']
+      toastQueue.add(
+        {
+          participant,
+          type: NotificationType.RoleChanged,
+          newRole: newRole,
+        },
+        {
+          timeout: NotificationDuration.ROLE_CHANGED,
+        }
+      )
+    }
+    room.on(RoomEvent.ParticipantAttributesChanged, handleAttributeChanged)
+
+    return () => {
+      room.off(RoomEvent.ParticipantAttributesChanged, handleAttributeChanged)
+    }
+  }, [room])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const removeParticipantNotifications = (participant: Participant) => {
       toastQueue.visibleToasts.forEach((toast) => {

src/frontend/src/features/notifications/NotificationDuration.ts

@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ export const NotificationDuration = {
   RECORDING_SAVING: ToastDuration.EXTRA_LONG,
   REACTION_RECEIVED: ToastDuration.SHORT,
   RECORDING_REQUESTED: ToastDuration.LONG,
+  ROLE_CHANGED: ToastDuration.LONG,
 } as const

src/frontend/src/features/notifications/NotificationType.ts

@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ export enum NotificationType {
   ScreenRecordingLimitReached = 'screenRecordingLimitReached',
   RecordingSaving = 'recordingSaving',
   PermissionsRemoved = 'permissionsRemoved',
+  RoleChanged = 'roleChanged',
 }

src/frontend/src/features/notifications/components/ToastRegion.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { ToastRecordingSaving } from './ToastRecordingSaving'
 import { ToastPermissionsRemoved } from './ToastPermissionsRemoved'
 import { ToastRecordingRequest } from './ToastRecordingRequest'
 import { ToastAutoMuteLargeRoom } from './ToastAutoMuteLargeRoom'
+import { ToastRoleChanged } from '@/features/notifications/components/ToastRoleChanged'
 
 interface ToastRegionProps extends AriaToastRegionProps {
   state: ToastState<ToastData>
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ const renderToast = (
         <ToastRecordingSaving key={toast.key} toast={toast} state={state} />
       )
 
+    case NotificationType.RoleChanged:
+      return <ToastRoleChanged key={toast.key} toast={toast} state={state} />
+
     default:
       return <Toast key={toast.key} toast={toast} state={state} />
   }

src/frontend/src/features/notifications/components/ToastRoleChanged.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { useToast } from 'react-aria'
+import { useRef } from 'react'
+
+import { type ToastProps } from './Toast'
+import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { StyledToastContainer } from './StyledToastContainer'
+
+export function ToastRoleChanged({ state, ...props }: Readonly<ToastProps>) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('notifications', { keyPrefix: 'roleChanged' })
+  const ref = useRef(null)
+  const { toastProps, contentProps } = useToast(props, state, ref)
+  const newRole = t(`roles.${props.toast.content.newRole}`)
+
+  return (
+    <StyledToastContainer {...toastProps} ref={ref}>
+      <HStack
+        justify="center"
+        alignItems="center"
+        {...contentProps}
+        padding={14}
+        gap={0}
+      >
+        {t('body', { role: newRole })}
+      </HStack>
+    </StyledToastContainer>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/ParticipantMetadata.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {
   LockLockedIcon,
   ScreenShareIcon,
   useIsEncrypted,
-  useParticipantInfo,
 } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
 import { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
@@ -12,13 +11,14 @@ import { ParticipantName } from './ParticipantName'
 import { RaisedHandMetadataWrapper } from './RaisedHandMetadataWrapper'
 
 export const ParticipantMetadata = ({
+  displayedName,
   participant,
   isScreenShare,
 }: {
+  displayedName: string
   participant: Participant
   isScreenShare: boolean
 }) => {
-  const { identity, name } = useParticipantInfo({ participant })
   const isEncrypted = useIsEncrypted(participant)
 
   return (
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const ParticipantMetadata = ({
           )}
           <div className="lk-participant-name-wrapper">
             <ParticipantName
-              displayedName={name != '' ? name : identity}
+              displayedName={displayedName}
               isScreenShare={isScreenShare}
             />
           </div>

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/ParticipantPlaceholder.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
 import { styled } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
 import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar'
-import { useIsSpeaking } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import { getParticipantBackgroundGradient } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantBackgroundGradient'
-import { getParticipantColor } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantColor'
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
 const StyledParticipantPlaceHolder = styled('div', {
   base: {
@@ -23,39 +20,36 @@ const StyledAvatarWrapper = styled('div', {
     aspectRatio: '1 / 1',
     width: 'min(90cqmin, 160px)',
     fontSize: 'min(27cqmin, 48px)',
+    '[data-lk-speaking="true"] &': {
+      animation: 'pulse 1s infinite',
+    },
   },
 })
 
 type ParticipantPlaceholderProps = {
-  participant: Participant
+  color: string
+  displayedNamed: string
 }
 
-export const ParticipantPlaceholder = ({
+export const ParticipantPlaceholder = React.memo(
-  participant,
+  ({ color, displayedNamed }: ParticipantPlaceholderProps) => {
-}: ParticipantPlaceholderProps) => {
-  const isSpeaking = useIsSpeaking(participant)
-  const participantColor = getParticipantColor(participant)
     const backgroundGradient = useMemo(
-    () => getParticipantBackgroundGradient(participantColor),
+      () => getParticipantBackgroundGradient(color),
-    [participantColor]
+      [color]
     )
-
     return (
       <StyledParticipantPlaceHolder
         style={{
-        backgroundColor: participantColor,
+          backgroundColor: color,
           backgroundImage: backgroundGradient,
         }}
       >
-      <StyledAvatarWrapper
+        <StyledAvatarWrapper>
-        style={{ animation: isSpeaking ? 'pulse 1s infinite' : undefined }}
+          <Avatar name={displayedNamed} bgColor={color} context="placeholder" />
-      >
-        <Avatar
-          name={participant.name}
-          bgColor={participantColor}
-          context="placeholder"
-        />
         </StyledAvatarWrapper>
       </StyledParticipantPlaceHolder>
     )
   }
+)
+
+ParticipantPlaceholder.displayName = 'ParticipantPlaceholder'

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/ParticipantTile.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import React from 'react'
 import {
   AudioTrack,
   ParticipantTileProps,
@@ -8,8 +9,8 @@ import {
   VideoTrack,
   TrackRefContext,
   ParticipantContextIfNeeded,
+  useParticipantInfo,
 } from '@livekit/components-react'
-import React from 'react'
 import {
   isEqualTrackRef,
   isTrackReference,
@@ -17,15 +18,15 @@ import {
 } from '@livekit/components-core'
 import { Track } from 'livekit-client'
 import { ParticipantPlaceholder } from './ParticipantPlaceholder'
-import { ParticipantTileFocus } from './ParticipantTileFocus'
+import { ParticipantTileFocus } from './participantTileFocus/ParticipantTileFocus'
 import { FullScreenShareWarning } from './FullScreenShareWarning'
-import { getParticipantName } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantName'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { getShortcutDescriptorById } from '@/features/shortcuts/catalog'
 import { formatShortcutLabel } from '@/features/shortcuts/formatLabels'
 import { KeyboardShortcutHint } from './KeyboardShortcutHint'
 import { layoutStore, clearPinnedTrack } from '@/stores/layout'
 import { ParticipantMetadata } from './ParticipantMetadata'
+import { getParticipantColor } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantColor'
 
 export function TrackRefContextIfNeeded(
   props: React.PropsWithChildren<{
@@ -90,7 +91,13 @@ export const ParticipantTile: (
   const isScreenShare = trackReference.source != Track.Source.Camera
   const [hasKeyboardFocus, setHasKeyboardFocus] = React.useState(false)
 
-  const participantName = getParticipantName(trackReference.participant)
+  const participantColor = getParticipantColor(trackReference.participant)
+
+  const { identity, name } = useParticipantInfo({
+    participant: trackReference.participant,
+  })
+  const participantName = name || identity || 'Unknown'
+
   const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
 
   const interactiveProps = {
@@ -141,11 +148,13 @@ export const ParticipantTile: (
               )}
               <div className="lk-participant-placeholder">
                 <ParticipantPlaceholder
-                  participant={trackReference.participant}
+                  color={participantColor}
+                  displayedNamed={participantName}
                 />
               </div>
               {!disableMetadata && (
                 <ParticipantMetadata
+                  displayedName={participantName}
                   isScreenShare={isScreenShare}
                   participant={trackReference.participant}
                 />

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/ParticipantTileFocus.tsx

@@ -1,233 +0,0 @@
-import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
-import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
-import { Button } from '@/primitives'
-import {
-  RiFullscreenLine,
-  RiImageCircleAiFill,
-  RiMicLine,
-  RiMicOffLine,
-  RiPushpin2Line,
-  RiUnpinLine,
-} from '@remixicon/react'
-import { useTrackMutedIndicator } from '@livekit/components-react'
-import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
-import {
-  isEqualTrackRef,
-  TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder,
-} from '@livekit/components-core'
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { type Participant, Track } from 'livekit-client'
-import { useMuteParticipant } from '@/features/rooms/api/muteParticipant'
-import { useCanMute } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useCanMute'
-import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
-import { layoutStore, setPinnedTrack, clearPinnedTrack } from '@/stores/layout'
-import { useFullScreen } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useFullScreen'
-import { MuteAlertDialog } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/MuteAlertDialog'
-import { useSidePanel } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useSidePanel'
-
-const ZoomButton = ({
-  trackRef,
-}: {
-  trackRef: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder
-}) => {
-  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
-  const { toggleFullScreen, isFullscreenAvailable } = useFullScreen({
-    trackRef,
-  })
-
-  if (!isFullscreenAvailable) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Button
-      size="sm"
-      variant="primaryTextDark"
-      square
-      tooltip={t('fullScreen')}
-      onPress={() => toggleFullScreen()}
-    >
-      <RiFullscreenLine />
-    </Button>
-  )
-}
-
-const FocusButton = ({
-  trackRef,
-}: {
-  trackRef: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder
-}) => {
-  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
-
-  const { pinnedTrackRef } = useSnapshot(layoutStore)
-  const inFocus = isEqualTrackRef(trackRef, pinnedTrackRef)
-
-  return (
-    <Button
-      size="sm"
-      variant="primaryTextDark"
-      square
-      tooltip={inFocus ? t('pin.disable') : t('pin.enable')}
-      onPress={() => (inFocus ? clearPinnedTrack() : setPinnedTrack(trackRef))}
-    >
-      {inFocus ? <RiUnpinLine /> : <RiPushpin2Line />}
-    </Button>
-  )
-}
-
-const EffectsButton = () => {
-  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
-  const { isEffectsOpen, toggleEffects } = useSidePanel()
-  return (
-    <Button
-      size={'sm'}
-      variant={'primaryTextDark'}
-      square
-      tooltip={t('effects')}
-      onPress={() => !isEffectsOpen && toggleEffects()}
-    >
-      <RiImageCircleAiFill />
-    </Button>
-  )
-}
-
-const MuteButton = ({ participant }: { participant: Participant }) => {
-  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
-
-  const { isMuted } = useTrackMutedIndicator({
-    participant: participant,
-    source: Track.Source.Microphone,
-  })
-
-  const { muteParticipant } = useMuteParticipant()
-  const [isAlertOpen, setIsAlertOpen] = useState(false)
-
-  const name = participant.name || participant.identity
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Button
-        isDisabled={isMuted}
-        size={'sm'}
-        variant={'primaryTextDark'}
-        square
-        onPress={() => setIsAlertOpen(true)}
-        tooltip={t('muteParticipant', { name })}
-      >
-        {!isMuted ? <RiMicLine /> : <RiMicOffLine />}
-      </Button>
-      <MuteAlertDialog
-        isOpen={isAlertOpen}
-        onSubmit={() =>
-          muteParticipant(participant).then(() => setIsAlertOpen(false))
-        }
-        onClose={() => setIsAlertOpen(false)}
-        name={name}
-      />
-    </>
-  )
-}
-
-const MOUSE_IDLE_TIME = 3000
-
-export const ParticipantTileFocus = ({
-  trackRef,
-  hasKeyboardFocus,
-}: {
-  trackRef: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder
-  hasKeyboardFocus: boolean
-}) => {
-  const [hovered, setHovered] = useState(false)
-  const [opacity, setOpacity] = useState(0)
-
-  const idleTimerRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
-  const [isIdleRef, setIsIdleRef] = useState(false)
-
-  const isVisible = hasKeyboardFocus || (hovered && !isIdleRef)
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (isVisible) {
-      // Wait for next frame to ensure element is mounted
-      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        setOpacity(0.6)
-      })
-    } else {
-      setOpacity(0)
-    }
-  }, [isVisible])
-
-  const handleMouseMove = () => {
-    if (idleTimerRef.current) {
-      window.clearTimeout(idleTimerRef.current)
-    }
-    idleTimerRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
-      setIsIdleRef(true)
-    }, MOUSE_IDLE_TIME)
-    setIsIdleRef(false)
-  }
-
-  const participant = trackRef.participant
-
-  const isScreenShare = trackRef.source == Track.Source.ScreenShare
-  const isLocal = trackRef.participant.isLocal
-
-  const canMute = useCanMute(participant)
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={css({
-        position: 'absolute',
-        left: '0',
-        top: '0',
-        display: 'flex',
-        justifyContent: 'center',
-        alignItems: 'center',
-        width: '100%',
-        height: '100%',
-      })}
-      aria-hidden={!isVisible}
-      onMouseEnter={() => setHovered(true)}
-      onMouseLeave={() => setHovered(false)}
-      onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
-    >
-      {isVisible && (
-        <div
-          className={css({
-            backgroundColor: 'primaryDark.50',
-            transition: 'opacity 200ms linear',
-            zIndex: 1,
-            borderRadius: '0.25rem',
-            display: 'flex',
-            _hover: {
-              opacity: '0.95 !important',
-            },
-          })}
-          style={{ opacity }}
-        >
-          <HStack
-            gap={0.5}
-            className={css({
-              padding: '0.5rem',
-              _hover: {
-                opacity: '1 !important',
-              },
-            })}
-          >
-            <FocusButton trackRef={trackRef} />
-            {!isScreenShare ? (
-              <>
-                {participant.isLocal ? (
-                  <EffectsButton />
-                ) : (
-                  canMute && <MuteButton participant={participant} />
-                )}
-              </>
-            ) : (
-              !isLocal && <ZoomButton trackRef={trackRef} />
-            )}
-          </HStack>
-        </div>
-      )}
-    </div>
-  )
-}

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/participantTileFocus/EffectsButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useSidePanel } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useSidePanel'
+import { Button } from '@/primitives'
+import { RiImageCircleAiFill } from '@remixicon/react'
+
+export const EffectsButton = React.memo(() => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
+  const { isEffectsOpen, toggleEffects } = useSidePanel()
+  return (
+    <Button
+      size={'sm'}
+      variant={'primaryTextDark'}
+      square
+      tooltip={t('effects')}
+      onPress={() => !isEffectsOpen && toggleEffects()}
+    >
+      <RiImageCircleAiFill />
+    </Button>
+  )
+})
+
+EffectsButton.displayName = 'EffectsButton'

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/participantTileFocus/FocusButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import {
+  isEqualTrackRef,
+  TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder,
+} from '@livekit/components-core'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
+import { clearPinnedTrack, layoutStore, setPinnedTrack } from '@/stores/layout'
+import { Button } from '@/primitives'
+import { RiPushpin2Line, RiUnpinLine } from '@remixicon/react'
+
+export const FocusButton = ({
+  trackRef,
+}: {
+  trackRef: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder
+}) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
+
+  const { pinnedTrackRef } = useSnapshot(layoutStore)
+  const inFocus = isEqualTrackRef(trackRef, pinnedTrackRef)
+
+  return (
+    <Button
+      size="sm"
+      variant="primaryTextDark"
+      square
+      tooltip={inFocus ? t('pin.disable') : t('pin.enable')}
+      onPress={() => (inFocus ? clearPinnedTrack() : setPinnedTrack(trackRef))}
+    >
+      {inFocus ? <RiUnpinLine /> : <RiPushpin2Line />}
+    </Button>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/participantTileFocus/MuteButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { Participant, Track } from 'livekit-client'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useTrackMutedIndicator } from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { useMuteParticipant } from '@/features/rooms/api/muteParticipant'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { Button } from '@/primitives'
+import { RiMicLine, RiMicOffLine } from '@remixicon/react'
+import { MuteAlertDialog } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/MuteAlertDialog'
+
+export const MuteButton = ({ participant }: { participant: Participant }) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
+
+  const { isMuted } = useTrackMutedIndicator({
+    participant: participant,
+    source: Track.Source.Microphone,
+  })
+
+  const { muteParticipant } = useMuteParticipant()
+  const [isAlertOpen, setIsAlertOpen] = useState(false)
+
+  const name = participant.name || participant.identity
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Button
+        isDisabled={isMuted}
+        size={'sm'}
+        variant={'primaryTextDark'}
+        square
+        onPress={() => setIsAlertOpen(true)}
+        tooltip={t('muteParticipant', { name })}
+      >
+        {!isMuted ? <RiMicLine /> : <RiMicOffLine />}
+      </Button>
+      <MuteAlertDialog
+        isOpen={isAlertOpen}
+        onSubmit={() =>
+          muteParticipant(participant).then(() => setIsAlertOpen(false))
+        }
+        onClose={() => setIsAlertOpen(false)}
+        name={name}
+      />
+    </>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/participantTileFocus/ParticipantTileFocus.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
+import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
+import { TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder } from '@livekit/components-core'
+import { ReactNode, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { Track } from 'livekit-client'
+import { useCanMute } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useCanMute'
+import { FocusButton } from './FocusButton'
+import { EffectsButton } from './EffectsButton'
+import { MuteButton } from './MuteButton'
+import { ZoomButton } from './ZoomButton'
+
+const MOUSE_IDLE_TIME = 3000
+
+type FadeOverlayProps = {
+  children: ReactNode
+  hasKeyboardFocus: boolean
+}
+
+const FadeOverlay = ({ children, hasKeyboardFocus }: FadeOverlayProps) => {
+  const [active, setActive] = useState(false)
+  const idleTimerRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
+
+  const clearIdleTimer = () => {
+    if (idleTimerRef.current) window.clearTimeout(idleTimerRef.current)
+  }
+
+  const armIdleTimer = () => {
+    clearIdleTimer()
+    idleTimerRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      setActive(false)
+    }, MOUSE_IDLE_TIME)
+  }
+
+  const handleActivity = () => {
+    setActive(true)
+    armIdleTimer()
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => clearIdleTimer, [])
+
+  const isVisible = hasKeyboardFocus || active
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={css({
+        position: 'absolute',
+        left: '0',
+        top: '0',
+        display: 'flex',
+        justifyContent: 'center',
+        alignItems: 'center',
+        width: '100%',
+        height: '100%',
+      })}
+      data-visible={isVisible || undefined}
+      aria-hidden={!isVisible}
+      onMouseEnter={handleActivity}
+      onMouseMove={handleActivity}
+      onMouseLeave={() => {
+        clearIdleTimer()
+        setActive(false)
+      }}
+    >
+      {isVisible && children}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export const ParticipantTileFocus = ({
+  trackRef,
+  hasKeyboardFocus,
+}: {
+  trackRef: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder
+  hasKeyboardFocus: boolean
+}) => {
+  const participant = trackRef.participant
+  const isScreenShare = trackRef.source == Track.Source.ScreenShare
+  const isLocal = participant.isLocal
+  const canMute = useCanMute(participant)
+
+  return (
+    <FadeOverlay hasKeyboardFocus={hasKeyboardFocus}>
+      <div
+        className={css({
+          backgroundColor: 'primaryDark.50',
+          zIndex: 1,
+          borderRadius: '0.25rem',
+          display: 'flex',
+          opacity: 0.6,
+          animation: 'overlayIn 200ms linear 300ms backwards',
+          _hover: {
+            opacity: 0.95,
+          },
+        })}
+      >
+        <HStack gap={0.5} padding={0.5}>
+          <FocusButton trackRef={trackRef} />
+          {!isScreenShare ? (
+            <>
+              {isLocal ? (
+                <EffectsButton />
+              ) : (
+                canMute && <MuteButton participant={participant} />
+              )}
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            !isLocal && <ZoomButton trackRef={trackRef} />
+          )}
+        </HStack>
+      </div>
+    </FadeOverlay>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participantTile/components/participantTileFocus/ZoomButton.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder } from '@livekit/components-core'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useFullScreen } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useFullScreen'
+import { Button } from '@/primitives'
+import { RiFullscreenLine } from '@remixicon/react'
+
+export const ZoomButton = ({
+  trackRef,
+}: {
+  trackRef: TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder
+}) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantTileFocus' })
+  const { toggleFullScreen, isFullscreenAvailable } = useFullScreen({
+    trackRef,
+  })
+
+  if (!isFullscreenAvailable) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Button
+      size="sm"
+      variant="primaryTextDark"
+      square
+      tooltip={t('fullScreen')}
+      onPress={() => toggleFullScreen()}
+    >
+      <RiFullscreenLine />
+    </Button>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participants/api/updateParticipantRole.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { fetchApi } from '@/api/fetchApi'
+import { useRoomData } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useRoomData'
+import { AssignableParticipantRole } from '@/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom'
+
+export const useParticipantRole = () => {
+  const data = useRoomData()
+
+  const updateParticipantRole = async (
+    identity: string,
+    role: AssignableParticipantRole
+  ) => {
+    if (!data?.id) {
+      throw new Error('Room id is not available')
+    }
+
+    try {
+      return fetchApi(`rooms/${data.id}/update-participant-role/`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+          participant_identity: identity,
+          role: role,
+        }),
+      })
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(
+        `Failed to update participant's role ${identity}: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`
+      )
+    }
+  }
+  return { updateParticipantRole }
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/ParticipantName.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import React, { useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { Text } from '@/primitives'
+import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { VisualOnlyTooltip } from '@/primitives/VisualOnlyTooltip'
+
+export const ParticipantName = React.memo(
+  ({ displayedName, isLocal }: { displayedName: string; isLocal: boolean }) => {
+    const { t } = useTranslation('rooms')
+
+    const nameRef = useRef<HTMLParagraphElement>(null)
+    const [isTruncated, setIsTruncated] = useState(false)
+
+    useLayoutEffect(() => {
+      const el = nameRef.current
+      if (!el) return
+      const truncated = el.scrollWidth > el.clientWidth
+      setIsTruncated((prev) => (prev === truncated ? prev : truncated))
+    }, [displayedName])
+
+    return (
+      <Text
+        as="div"
+        variant="sm"
+        className={css({
+          userSelect: 'none',
+          cursor: 'default',
+          display: 'flex',
+          minWidth: 0,
+          width: 'full',
+          maxWidth: 'full',
+        })}
+      >
+        <VisualOnlyTooltip
+          tooltip={displayedName}
+          disabled={!isTruncated}
+          className={css({ display: 'flex', minWidth: 0, flex: 1 })}
+        >
+          <p
+            className={css({
+              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+              overflow: 'hidden',
+              textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+              display: 'block',
+              minWidth: 0,
+            })}
+            ref={nameRef}
+          >
+            {displayedName}
+          </p>
+        </VisualOnlyTooltip>
+        {isLocal && (
+          <span
+            className={css({
+              marginLeft: '.25rem',
+              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+              flexShrink: 0,
+            })}
+          >
+            ({t('participants.you')})
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </Text>
+    )
+  }
+)
+
+ParticipantName.displayName = 'ParticipantName'

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/ParticipantRow.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import { Text } from '@/primitives/Text'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar'
 import { getParticipantColor } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantColor'
-import { getParticipantIsRoomAdmin } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsRoomAdmin'
+import {
+  getParticipantIsRoomAdmin,
+  getParticipantIsRoomOwner,
+  getParticipantIsRoomMember,
+} from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsRoomAdminOrOwner'
 import { type LocalParticipant, type Participant, Track } from 'livekit-client'
 import { isLocal } from '@/utils/livekit'
 import {
@@ -20,7 +24,9 @@ import { useMuteParticipant } from '@/features/rooms/api/muteParticipant'
 import { useCanMute } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useCanMute'
 import { ParticipantMenuButton } from './menu/ParticipantMenuButton'
 import { PinBadge } from './PinBadge'
+import { UnauthenticatedBadge } from './UnauthenticatedBadge'
 import { MuteAlertDialog } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/components/MuteAlertDialog'
+import { ParticipantName } from './ParticipantName'
 
 type MicIndicatorProps = {
   participant: Participant
@@ -106,52 +112,26 @@ export const ParticipantRow = ({ participant }: ParticipantListItemProps) => {
         width: 'full',
       })}
     >
-      <HStack>
+      <HStack flex="1" minW="0">
-        <div
+        <div className={css({ position: 'relative', flexShrink: 0 })}>
-          className={css({
-            position: 'relative',
-          })}
-        >
           <Avatar name={name} bgColor={getParticipantColor(participant)} />
           <PinBadge participant={participant} />
+          <UnauthenticatedBadge participant={participant} />
         </div>
-        <VStack gap={0} alignItems="start">
+        <VStack gap={0} alignItems="start" minW="0" flex="1">
-          <Text
+          <ParticipantName
-            variant="sm"
+            displayedName={name}
-            className={css({
+            isLocal={isLocal(participant)}
-              userSelect: 'none',
+          />
-              cursor: 'default',
+          <Text variant="xsNote">
-              display: 'flex',
+            {getParticipantIsRoomOwner(participant) && t('participants.host')}
-            })}
+            {getParticipantIsRoomAdmin(participant) && t('participants.cohost')}
-          >
+            {getParticipantIsRoomMember(participant) &&
-            <span
+              t('participants.member')}
-              className={css({
-                whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-                overflow: 'hidden',
-                textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
-                maxWidth: '120px',
-                display: 'block',
-              })}
-            >
-              {name}
-            </span>
-            {isLocal(participant) && (
-              <span
-                className={css({
-                  marginLeft: '.25rem',
-                  whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-                })}
-              >
-                ({t('participants.you')})
-              </span>
-            )}
           </Text>
-          {getParticipantIsRoomAdmin(participant) && (
-            <Text variant="xsNote">{t('participants.host')}</Text>
-          )}
         </VStack>
       </HStack>
-      <HStack>
+      <HStack flexShrink={0}>
         <MicIndicator participant={participant} />
         <ParticipantMenuButton participant={participant} />
       </HStack>

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/RaisedHandRow.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
 
 import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
-import { Text } from '@/primitives/Text'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar'
 import { useLowerHandParticipant } from '../api/lowerHandParticipant'
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import { isLocal } from '@/utils/livekit'
 import { RiHand } from '@remixicon/react'
 import { Button } from '@/primitives'
 import { AdminOrOwnerOnly } from '@/features/rooms/components/AdminOrOwnerOnly'
+import { ParticipantName } from './ParticipantName'
 
 const ActionButton = ({
   participant,
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ type HandRaisedListItemProps = {
 }
 
 export const RaisedHandRow = ({ participant }: HandRaisedListItemProps) => {
-  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms')
   const name = participant.name || participant.identity
-
   return (
     <HStack
       role="listitem"
@@ -56,42 +54,15 @@ export const RaisedHandRow = ({ participant }: HandRaisedListItemProps) => {
         width: 'full',
       })}
     >
-      <HStack>
+      <HStack flex="1" minW="0" overflow="hidden">
         <Avatar name={name} bgColor={getParticipantColor(participant)} />
-        <Text
+        <ParticipantName displayedName={name} isLocal={isLocal(participant)} />
-          variant={'sm'}
-          className={css({
-            userSelect: 'none',
-            cursor: 'default',
-            display: 'flex',
-          })}
-        >
-          <span
-            className={css({
-              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-              overflow: 'hidden',
-              textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
-              maxWidth: '120px',
-              display: 'block',
-            })}
-          >
-            {name}
-          </span>
-          {isLocal(participant) && (
-            <span
-              className={css({
-                marginLeft: '.25rem',
-                whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-              })}
-            >
-              ({t('participants.you')})
-            </span>
-          )}
-        </Text>
       </HStack>
+      <HStack flexShrink={0}>
         <AdminOrOwnerOnly>
           <ActionButton participant={participant} name={name} />
         </AdminOrOwnerOnly>
       </HStack>
+    </HStack>
   )
 }

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/UnauthenticatedBadge.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
+import { useParticipantAttribute } from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { RiErrorWarningFill } from '@remixicon/react'
+import { VisualOnlyTooltip } from '@/primitives/VisualOnlyTooltip'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+
+export const UnauthenticatedBadge = ({
+  participant,
+}: {
+  participant: Participant
+}) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', {
+    keyPrefix: 'participants.unauthenticated',
+  })
+  const is_authenticated = useParticipantAttribute('is_authenticated', {
+    participant,
+  })
+
+  if (is_authenticated == 'true') return
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={css({
+        height: '18px',
+        width: '18px',
+        borderRadius: '100%',
+        background: 'orange.200',
+        color: 'orange.800',
+        display: 'flex',
+        justifyContent: 'center',
+        alignItems: 'center',
+        position: 'absolute',
+        bottom: '-2px',
+        right: '-4px',
+      })}
+    >
+      <VisualOnlyTooltip tooltip={t('badge')}>
+        <RiErrorWarningFill size={14} aria-hidden />
+      </VisualOnlyTooltip>
+    </div>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/WaitingParticipantRow.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { Button, Text } from '@/primitives'
+import { Button } from '@/primitives'
 import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
 import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
 import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { WaitingParticipant } from '../api/listWaitingParticipants'
 import { RiCloseLine } from '@remixicon/react'
+import { ParticipantName } from './ParticipantName'
 
 export const WaitingParticipantRow = ({
   participant,
@@ -26,42 +27,11 @@ export const WaitingParticipantRow = ({
         width: 'full',
       })}
     >
-      <HStack
+      <HStack flex="1" minW="0">
-        className={css({
-          flex: '1',
-          minWidth: '0',
-        })}
-      >
         <Avatar name={participant.username} bgColor={participant.color} />
-        <Text
+        <ParticipantName displayedName={participant.username} isLocal={false} />
-          variant={'sm'}
-          className={css({
-            userSelect: 'none',
-            cursor: 'default',
-            display: 'flex',
-            flex: '1',
-            minWidth: '0',
-          })}
-        >
-          <span
-            className={css({
-              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-              overflow: 'hidden',
-              textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
-              width: '100%',
-              display: 'block',
-            })}
-          >
-            {participant.username}
-          </span>
-        </Text>
       </HStack>
-      <HStack
+      <HStack gap="0.25rem" flexShrink={0}>
-        gap="0.25rem"
-        className={css({
-          flexShrink: '0',
-        })}
-      >
         <Button
           size="sm"
           variant="tertiary"

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/menu/ParticipantMenu.tsx

@@ -1,24 +1,46 @@
 import { Menu as RACMenu } from 'react-aria-components'
 import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
-import { useIsAdminOrOwner } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useIsAdminOrOwner'
 import { PinMenuItem } from './items/PinMenuItem'
 import { RemoveMenuItem } from './items/RemoveMenuItem'
+import { PromoteMenuItem } from './items/PromoteMenuItem'
+import { useIsAdminOrOwner } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useIsAdminOrOwner'
+import { useParticipantAttributes } from '@livekit/components-react'
 
 export const ParticipantMenu = ({
   participant,
 }: {
   participant: Participant
 }) => {
-  const isAdminOrOwner = useIsAdminOrOwner()
+  const isLocalUserAdminOrOwner = useIsAdminOrOwner()
-  const canModerateParticipant = !participant.isLocal && isAdminOrOwner
+
+  const { attributes } = useParticipantAttributes({ participant })
+
+  const isAdmin = attributes?.room_role === 'administrator'
+  const isOwner = attributes?.room_role === 'owner'
+  const isAuthenticated = attributes?.is_authenticated == 'true'
+
+  const canManage = !participant.isLocal && isLocalUserAdminOrOwner && !isOwner
+
   return (
     <RACMenu
       style={{
-        minWidth: '75px',
+        minWidth: '100px',
       }}
     >
       <PinMenuItem participant={participant} />
-      {canModerateParticipant && <RemoveMenuItem participant={participant} />}
+      {canManage && (
+        <RemoveMenuItem
+          identity={participant.identity}
+          displayedName={participant.name}
+        />
+      )}
+      {canManage && isAuthenticated && (
+        <PromoteMenuItem
+          identity={participant.identity}
+          isAdmin={isAdmin}
+          displayedName={participant.name}
+        />
+      )}
     </RACMenu>
   )
 }

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/menu/ParticipantMenuButton.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Button, Menu } from '@/primitives'
 import { RiMore2Fill } from '@remixicon/react'
 import { ParticipantMenu } from './ParticipantMenu'
-import { useIsAdminOrOwner } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useIsAdminOrOwner'
 import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ export const ParticipantMenuButton = ({
   participant: Participant
 }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participants' })
-  const isAdminOrOwner = useIsAdminOrOwner()
-  if (!isAdminOrOwner) return null
   return (
     <Menu>
       <Button

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/menu/items/PromoteMenuItem.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { MenuItem } from 'react-aria-components'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { RiAdminLine, RiUserMinusLine } from '@remixicon/react'
+import { useParticipantRole } from '@/features/participants/api/updateParticipantRole'
+import { menuRecipe } from '@/primitives/menuRecipe'
+import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
+
+type PromoteMenuItemProps = {
+  identity: string
+  displayedName?: string
+  isAdmin: boolean
+}
+
+export const PromoteMenuItem = React.memo(
+  ({ identity, displayedName, isAdmin }: PromoteMenuItemProps) => {
+    const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantMenu' })
+
+    const { updateParticipantRole } = useParticipantRole()
+
+    const label = isAdmin ? 'demote' : 'promote'
+    const Icon = isAdmin ? RiUserMinusLine : RiAdminLine
+
+    const toggleRole = useCallback(
+      () =>
+        updateParticipantRole(identity, isAdmin ? 'member' : 'administrator'),
+      [isAdmin, updateParticipantRole, identity]
+    )
+
+    return (
+      <MenuItem
+        aria-label={t(`${label}.ariaLabel`, {
+          name: displayedName || identity,
+        })}
+        className={menuRecipe({ icon: true }).item}
+        onAction={toggleRole}
+      >
+        <HStack gap={0.25} minWidth={280}>
+          <Icon size={20} aria-hidden />
+          {t(`${label}.label`)}
+        </HStack>
+      </MenuItem>
+    )
+  }
+)
+
+PromoteMenuItem.displayName = 'PromoteMenuItem'

src/frontend/src/features/participants/components/menu/items/RemoveMenuItem.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+import React from 'react'
 import { menuRecipe } from '@/primitives/menuRecipe'
 import { HStack } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
 import { RiCloseLine } from '@remixicon/react'
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ import { MenuItem } from 'react-aria-components'
 import { useRemoveParticipant } from '@/features/rooms/api/removeParticipant'
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
-export const RemoveMenuItem = ({
+type RemoveMenuItemProps = {
-  participant,
+  identity: string
-}: {
+  displayedName?: string
-  participant: Participant
+}
-}) => {
+
-  const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'participantMenu.remove' })
+export const RemoveMenuItem = React.memo(
+  ({ identity, displayedName }: RemoveMenuItemProps) => {
+    const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', {
+      keyPrefix: 'participantMenu.remove',
+    })
     const { removeParticipant } = useRemoveParticipant()
     return (
       <MenuItem
-      aria-label={t('ariaLabel', { name: participant.name })}
+        aria-label={t('ariaLabel', { name: displayedName || identity })}
         className={menuRecipe({ icon: true }).item}
-      onAction={() => removeParticipant(participant)}
+        onAction={() => removeParticipant(identity)}
       >
         <HStack gap={0.25}>
           <RiCloseLine size={20} aria-hidden />
@@ -26,3 +30,6 @@ export const RemoveMenuItem = ({
       </MenuItem>
     )
   }
+)
+
+RemoveMenuItem.displayName = 'RemoveMenuItem'

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom.ts

@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ export type ApiRoom = {
   livekit?: ApiLiveKit
   configuration?: RoomConfiguration
 }
+
+export type ParticipantRole = 'member' | 'administrator' | 'owner'
+export type AssignableParticipantRole = Exclude<ParticipantRole, 'owner'>

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/api/removeParticipant.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
 import { useRoomData } from '../livekit/hooks/useRoomData'
 import { fetchApi } from '@/api/fetchApi'
 
 export const useRemoveParticipant = () => {
   const data = useRoomData()
 
-  const removeParticipant = async (participant: Participant) => {
+  const removeParticipant = async (identity: string) => {
     if (!data?.id) {
       throw new Error('Room id is not available')
     }
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ export const useRemoveParticipant = () => {
     return fetchApi(`rooms/${data.id}/remove-participant/`, {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
-        participant_identity: participant.identity,
+        participant_identity: identity,
       }),
     })
   }

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/components/Join.tsx

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export const Join = ({
     refetch: refetchRoom,
   } = useQuery({
     queryKey: [keys.room, roomId],
-    queryFn: () => fetchRoom({ roomId, username }),
+    queryFn: () => fetchRoom({ roomId, username: username || user?.full_name }),
     staleTime: 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // By default, LiveKit access tokens expire 6 hours after generation
     retry: false,
     enabled: false,
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ export const Join = ({
 
   const { status, startWaiting } = useLobby({
     roomId,
-    username,
+    username: username || user?.full_name || 'anonymous',
     onAccepted: handleAccepted,
   })
 

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/Admin.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { useParams } from 'wouter'
 import { usePublishSourcesManager } from '../hooks/usePublishSourcesManager'
 import { usePermissionsManager } from '../hooks/usePermissionsManager'
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import { closeSidePanel } from '@/stores/layout'
+import { useIsAdminOrOwner } from '../hooks/useIsAdminOrOwner'
 
 export const Admin = () => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('rooms', { keyPrefix: 'admin' })
@@ -23,6 +26,14 @@ export const Admin = () => {
 
   const { mutateAsync: patchRoom } = usePatchRoom()
 
+  const isAdminOrOwner = useIsAdminOrOwner()
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isAdminOrOwner) {
+      closeSidePanel()
+    }
+  }, [isAdminOrOwner])
+
   const { data: readOnlyData } = useQuery({
     queryKey: [keys.room, roomId],
     queryFn: () => fetchRoom({ roomId }),

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/MediaStateObserver.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { useLocalParticipant } from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+
+export const MEDIA_STATE_ELEMENT_ID = 'media-state'
+export const MEDIA_STATE_CHANGED_EVENT = 'media-state-changed'
+
+export type MediaStateChangedDetail = {
+  microphoneEnabled: boolean
+  cameraEnabled: boolean
+}
+
+/**
+ * Exposes the local participant's media state in the DOM so external tools
+ * (e.g. bots automating the frontend) can reliably read the microphone and
+ * camera state, and watch for changes with a MutationObserver:
+ *
+ * const el = document.getElementById('media-state')
+ * new MutationObserver(...).observe(el, { attributes: true })
+ */
+export const MediaStateObserver = () => {
+  const { isMicrophoneEnabled, isCameraEnabled } = useLocalParticipant()
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    window.dispatchEvent(
+      new CustomEvent<MediaStateChangedDetail>(MEDIA_STATE_CHANGED_EVENT, {
+        detail: {
+          microphoneEnabled: isMicrophoneEnabled,
+          cameraEnabled: isCameraEnabled,
+        },
+      })
+    )
+  }, [isMicrophoneEnabled, isCameraEnabled])
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      id={MEDIA_STATE_ELEMENT_ID}
+      style={{ display: 'none' }}
+      data-microphone-enabled={isMicrophoneEnabled ? 'true' : 'false'}
+      data-camera-enabled={isCameraEnabled ? 'true' : 'false'}
+    />
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/RoomMetadataSynchronizer.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { useSyncLiveKitMetadata } from '../hooks/useSyncLiveKitMetadata'
+
+export const RoomMetadataSynchronizer = () => {
+  useSyncLiveKitMetadata()
+  return null
+}

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/SidePanel.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { layoutStore } from '@/stores/layout'
+import { closeSidePanel, layoutStore } from '@/stores/layout'
 import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
 import { Heading } from 'react-aria-components'
 import { text } from '@/primitives/Text'
@@ -199,10 +199,7 @@ export const SidePanel = () => {
       ref={asideRef}
       title={title}
       ariaLabel={t('ariaLabel', { title })}
-      onClose={() => {
+      onClose={closeSidePanel}
-        layoutStore.activePanelId = null
-        layoutStore.activeSubPanelId = null
-      }}
       closeButtonTooltip={t('closeButton', {
         content: t(`content.${activeSubPanelId || activePanelId}`),
       })}

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useIsAdminOrOwner.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
-import { useRoomData } from './useRoomData'
+import {
+  useParticipantAttribute,
+  useRoomContext,
+} from '@livekit/components-react'
+import { ParticipantRole } from '@/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom'
 
 export const useIsAdminOrOwner = () => {
-  const apiRoomData = useRoomData()
+  const room = useRoomContext()
-  return apiRoomData?.is_administrable
+  const localParticipant = room.localParticipant
+  const role = useParticipantAttribute('room_role', {
+    participant: localParticipant,
+  })
+  return (
+    role !== undefined &&
+    ['administrator', 'owner'].includes(role as ParticipantRole)
+  )
 }

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/usePublishSourcesManager.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { useRemoteParticipants } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import { useUpdateParticipantsPermissions } from '@/features/rooms/api/updateParticipantsPermissions'
 import { useRoomData } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useRoomData'
 import { isSubsetOf } from '@/features/rooms/utils/isSubsetOf'
-import { getParticipantIsRoomAdmin } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsRoomAdmin'
+import { getParticipantIsRoomAdminOrOwner } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsRoomAdminOrOwner'
 import Source = Track.Source
 import {
   NotificationType,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const usePublishSourcesManager = () => {
   })
 
   const unprivilegedRemoteParticipants = remoteParticipants.filter(
-    (participant) => !getParticipantIsRoomAdmin(participant)
+    (participant) => !getParticipantIsRoomAdminOrOwner(participant)
   )
 
   const currentSources = useMemo(() => {

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useSyncLiveKitMetadata.ts

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import { useRoomContext } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import { useRoomData } from './useRoomData'
 
 /**
- * Shape of the LiveKit room metadata blob pushed by the backend.
+ * The subset of LiveKit's room metadata this hook actually uses.
- * Matches RoomManagement.update_metadata → {"configuration": room.configuration}
  */
 type RoomLiveKitMetadata = {
   configuration?: RoomConfiguration

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import { SidePanel } from '../components/SidePanel'
 import { RecordingProvider } from '@/features/recording'
 import { ScreenShareErrorModal } from '../components/ScreenShareErrorModal'
 import { ConnectionObserver } from '../components/ConnectionObserver'
+import { MediaStateObserver } from '../components/MediaStateObserver'
+import { RoomMetadataSynchronizer } from '../components/RoomMetadataSynchronizer'
 import { useRoomPageTitle } from '../hooks/useRoomPageTitle'
 import { useNoiseReduction } from '../hooks/useNoiseReduction'
-import { useSyncLiveKitMetadata } from '../hooks/useSyncLiveKitMetadata'
 import { VideoResolutionSubscription } from '../components/VideoResolutionSubscription'
 import { SettingsDialogProvider } from '@/features/settings/components/SettingsDialogProvider'
 import { IsIdleDisconnectModal } from '../components/IsIdleDisconnectModal'
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ export interface VideoConferenceProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElemen
  */
 export function VideoConference({ ...props }: VideoConferenceProps) {
   useRoomPageTitle()
-  useSyncLiveKitMetadata()
   useNoiseReduction()
 
   const { isOpen: isPictureInPictureOpen } = usePictureInPicture()
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ export function VideoConference({ ...props }: VideoConferenceProps) {
 
   return (
     <>
+      <RoomMetadataSynchronizer />
       <ConnectionObserver />
+      <MediaStateObserver />
       <ChatProvider />
       <VideoResolutionSubscription />
       <div

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsAuthenticated.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+
+export const getParticipantIsAuthenticated = (
+  participant: Participant
+): boolean => {
+  const isAuthenticated = participant.attributes?.is_authenticated
+  return isAuthenticated == 'true'
+}

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsRoomAdmin.ts

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
-
-export const getParticipantIsRoomAdmin = (
-  participant: Participant
-): boolean => {
-  const attributes = participant.attributes
-
-  if (!attributes) {
-    return false
-  }
-  return attributes?.room_admin === 'true'
-}

src/frontend/src/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantIsRoomAdminOrOwner.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import type { Participant } from 'livekit-client'
+import { ParticipantRole } from '@/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom'
+
+const participantHasRoomRole = (
+  participant: Participant,
+  roles: ParticipantRole[]
+): boolean => {
+  const role = participant.attributes?.room_role
+  return role !== undefined && roles.includes(role as ParticipantRole)
+}
+
+export const getParticipantIsRoomAdmin = (participant: Participant): boolean =>
+  participantHasRoomRole(participant, ['administrator'])
+
+export const getParticipantIsRoomOwner = (participant: Participant): boolean =>
+  participantHasRoomRole(participant, ['owner'])
+
+export const getParticipantIsRoomMember = (participant: Participant): boolean =>
+  participantHasRoomRole(participant, ['member'])
+
+export const getParticipantIsRoomAdminOrOwner = (
+  participant: Participant
+): boolean => participantHasRoomRole(participant, ['administrator', 'owner'])

src/frontend/src/features/sdk/utils/CallbackIdHandler.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ export class CallbackIdHandler {
   private readonly storageKey = 'popup_callback_id'
 
   private generateId(): string {
-    return (
+    // The id is the only thing guarding /rooms/creation-callback/, which is
-      Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15) +
+    // unauthenticated, so it comes from the CSPRNG rather than Math.random.
-      Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15)
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(16)
+    crypto.getRandomValues(bytes)
+    return Array.from(bytes, (byte) => byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join(
+      ''
     )
   }
 

src/frontend/src/features/settings/components/SettingsDialog.tsx

@@ -1,22 +1,79 @@
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useRef } from 'react'
+import { Heading } from 'react-aria-components'
+import { RiSettings3Line, RiDoorOpenLine } from '@remixicon/react'
 import { useLanguageLabels } from '@/i18n/useLanguageLabels'
 import { A, Badge, Dialog, type DialogProps, Field, H, P } from '@/primitives'
+import { Tab, TabList, TabPanel, Tabs } from '@/primitives/Tabs'
+import { text } from '@/primitives/Text.tsx'
+import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
 import { useUser } from '@/features/auth/api/useUser'
 import { LoginButton } from '@/components/LoginButton'
 import { logout } from '@/features/auth/utils/logout'
+import { useMediaQuery } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useMediaQuery'
+import { RoomsTab } from './tabs/RoomsTab'
 
 export type SettingsDialogProps = Pick<DialogProps, 'isOpen' | 'onOpenChange'>
 
+enum SettingsDialogTabKey {
+  GENERAL = 'general',
+  ROOMS = 'rooms',
+}
+
+const tabsStyle = css({
+  maxHeight: '40.625rem', // fixme size copied from meet settings modal
+  width: '50rem', // fixme size copied from meet settings modal
+  marginY: '-1rem', // fixme hacky solution to cancel modal padding
+  maxWidth: '100%',
+  overflow: 'hidden',
+  height: 'calc(100vh - 2rem)',
+})
+
+const tabListContainerStyle = css({
+  display: 'flex',
+  flexDirection: 'column',
+  borderRight: '1px solid lightGray', // fixme poor color management
+  paddingY: '1rem',
+  paddingLeft: '0.2rem',
+  paddingRight: '1.5rem',
+})
+
+const tabPanelContainerStyle = css({
+  display: 'flex',
+  flexGrow: '1',
+  marginTop: '3.5rem',
+  minWidth: 0,
+})
+
+const tabPanelStyle = css({
+  flexGrow: '1',
+  minWidth: 0,
+  overflowY: 'auto',
+  paddingRight: '1.5rem',
+  paddingBottom: '1rem',
+})
+
 export const SettingsDialog = (props: SettingsDialogProps) => {
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation('settings')
   const { user, isLoggedIn } = useUser()
   const { languagesList, currentLanguage } = useLanguageLabels()
+
+  const dialogEl = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const isWideScreen = useMediaQuery('(min-width: 800px)') // fixme - hardcoded 50rem in pixel
+
   const userDisplay =
     user?.full_name && user?.email
       ? `${user.full_name} (${user.email})`
       : user?.email
-  return (
+
-    <Dialog title={t('dialog.heading')} {...props}>
+  const generalContent = (
+    <div
+      className={css({
+        display: 'flex',
+        flexDirection: 'column',
+        minWidth: '360px',
+      })}
+    >
       <H lvl={2}>{t('account.heading')}</H>
       {isLoggedIn ? (
         <>
@@ -47,6 +104,56 @@ export const SettingsDialog = (props: SettingsDialogProps) => {
           i18n.changeLanguage(lang as string)
         }}
       />
+    </div>
+  )
+
+  // Without tabs there is no rail to host the heading, so keep the plain dialog.
+  if (!isLoggedIn) {
+    return (
+      <Dialog title={t('dialog.heading')} {...props} role="dialog" type="flex">
+        {generalContent}
+      </Dialog>
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog innerRef={dialogEl} {...props} role="dialog" type="flex">
+      <Tabs
+        orientation="vertical"
+        className={tabsStyle}
+        defaultSelectedKey={SettingsDialogTabKey.GENERAL}
+      >
+        <div
+          className={tabListContainerStyle}
+          style={{
+            flex: isWideScreen ? '0 0 16rem' : undefined,
+            paddingTop: !isWideScreen ? '64px' : undefined,
+            paddingRight: !isWideScreen ? '1rem' : undefined,
+          }}
+        >
+          {isWideScreen && (
+            <Heading slot="title" level={1} className={text({ variant: 'h1' })}>
+              {t('dialog.heading')}
+            </Heading>
+          )}
+          <TabList border={false}>
+            <Tab icon highlight id={SettingsDialogTabKey.GENERAL}>
+              <RiSettings3Line />
+              {isWideScreen && t(`tabs.${SettingsDialogTabKey.GENERAL}`)}
+            </Tab>
+            <Tab icon highlight id={SettingsDialogTabKey.ROOMS}>
+              <RiDoorOpenLine />
+              {isWideScreen && t(`tabs.${SettingsDialogTabKey.ROOMS}`)}
+            </Tab>
+          </TabList>
+        </div>
+        <div className={tabPanelContainerStyle}>
+          <TabPanel id={SettingsDialogTabKey.GENERAL} className={tabPanelStyle}>
+            {generalContent}
+          </TabPanel>
+          <RoomsTab id={SettingsDialogTabKey.ROOMS} />
+        </div>
+      </Tabs>
     </Dialog>
   )
 }

src/frontend/src/features/settings/components/tabs/RoomsTab.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+import { useUser } from '@/features/auth/api/useUser'
+import { useConfig } from '@/api/useConfig'
+import {
+  usePatchUser,
+  patchUserMutationKey,
+} from '@/features/auth/api/patchUser'
+import { type ApiUser } from '@/features/auth/api/ApiUser'
+import { ApiAccessLevel, RoomConfiguration } from '@/features/rooms/api/ApiRoom'
+import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { queryClient } from '@/api/queryClient'
+import { keys } from '@/api/queryKeys'
+import { Track } from 'livekit-client'
+import Source = Track.Source
+import { isSubsetOf } from '@/features/rooms/utils/isSubsetOf'
+import { updatePublishSources } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/usePublishSourcesManager'
+import { Field, H, Text } from '@/primitives'
+import { TabPanel } from '@/primitives/Tabs'
+import { css } from '@/styled-system/css'
+import { Separator as RACSeparator } from 'react-aria-components'
+
+type RoomsTabProps = {
+  id: string
+}
+
+export const RoomsTab = ({ id }: RoomsTabProps) => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation('settings', { keyPrefix: 'roomDefaults' })
+  const { t: tAdmin } = useTranslation('rooms', {
+    keyPrefix: 'admin',
+    useSuspense: false,
+  })
+
+  const { user } = useUser()
+  const { data: configData } = useConfig()
+
+  // Optimistic updates: patch the cache immediately so the UI updates
+  // instantly and concurrent saves always build on the latest local state.
+  // Since each PATCH replaces the full JSON config, this avoids overwriting
+  // earlier changes with a stale snapshot.
+  //
+  // No per-request rollback: later requests already include earlier changes.
+  // Once the last in-flight save completes, re-fetch the server state once to
+  // restore the UI if all saves failed.
+  const { mutate: patchUser } = usePatchUser({
+    onMutate: async ({ user: partialUser }) => {
+      await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey: [keys.user] })
+      queryClient.setQueryData<ApiUser | false>([keys.user], (previous) =>
+        previous ? { ...previous, ...partialUser } : previous
+      )
+    },
+    onSettled: () => {
+      if (queryClient.isMutating({ mutationKey: patchUserMutationKey }) === 1) {
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: [keys.user] })
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
+  const configuration: RoomConfiguration = useMemo(
+    () => user?.default_room_configuration ?? {},
+    [user?.default_room_configuration]
+  )
+
+  const currentSources: Source[] = useMemo(() => {
+    const defaultSources = configData?.livekit?.default_sources ?? []
+    if (!Array.isArray(configuration?.can_publish_sources)) {
+      return defaultSources
+    }
+    return configuration.can_publish_sources
+  }, [configData, configuration])
+
+  const accessLevel =
+    user?.default_room_access_level ??
+    configData?.resource?.default_access_level ??
+    ApiAccessLevel.PUBLIC
+
+  // Every change saves immediately; the optimistic onMutate above keeps the
+  // cached user (and therefore `configuration`) in sync right away.
+  const saveConfiguration = (newConfiguration: RoomConfiguration) => {
+    if (!user) return
+    patchUser({
+      userId: user.id,
+      user: { default_room_configuration: newConfiguration },
+    })
+  }
+
+  const updateSource = (sources: Source[], enabled: boolean) =>
+    saveConfiguration({
+      ...configuration,
+      can_publish_sources: updatePublishSources(
+        currentSources,
+        sources,
+        enabled
+      ),
+    })
+
+  const isMicrophoneEnabled = isSubsetOf([Source.Microphone], currentSources)
+  const isCameraEnabled = isSubsetOf([Source.Camera], currentSources)
+  const isScreenShareEnabled = isSubsetOf(
+    [Source.ScreenShare, Source.ScreenShareAudio],
+    currentSources
+  )
+  const isMutingEnabled = configuration?.everyone_can_mute ?? true
+
+  const saveAccessLevel = (newAccessLevel: ApiAccessLevel) => {
+    if (!user) return
+    patchUser({
+      userId: user.id,
+      user: { default_room_access_level: newAccessLevel },
+    })
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <TabPanel padding={'md'} flex id={id}>
+      <H lvl={2}>{t('heading')}</H>
+      <Text variant="note" margin={'md'}>
+        {t('description')}
+      </Text>
+      <RACSeparator
+        className={css({
+          border: 'none',
+          height: '1px',
+          width: '100%',
+          flexShrink: 0,
+          background: 'greyscale.250',
+        })}
+      />
+      <H
+        lvl={3}
+        variant={'h2'}
+        className={css({
+          fontWeight: 500,
+        })}
+        margin="sm"
+      >
+        {tAdmin('moderation.title')}
+      </H>
+      <Text
+        variant="note"
+        wrap="balance"
+        className={css({
+          textStyle: 'sm',
+        })}
+        margin={'md'}
+      >
+        {tAdmin('moderation.description')}
+      </Text>
+      <Field
+        type="switch"
+        label={tAdmin('moderation.microphone.label')}
+        isSelected={isMicrophoneEnabled}
+        onChange={(enabled) => updateSource([Source.Microphone], enabled)}
+      />
+      <Field
+        type="switch"
+        label={tAdmin('moderation.camera.label')}
+        isSelected={isCameraEnabled}
+        onChange={(enabled) => updateSource([Source.Camera], enabled)}
+      />
+      <Field
+        type="switch"
+        label={tAdmin('moderation.screenshare.label')}
+        isSelected={isScreenShareEnabled}
+        onChange={(enabled) =>
+          updateSource([Source.ScreenShare, Source.ScreenShareAudio], enabled)
+        }
+      />
+      <Field
+        type="switch"
+        label={tAdmin('moderation.mute.label')}
+        isSelected={isMutingEnabled}
+        onChange={(enabled) =>
+          saveConfiguration({ ...configuration, everyone_can_mute: enabled })
+        }
+      />
+      <RACSeparator
+        className={css({
+          border: 'none',
+          height: '1px',
+          width: '100%',
+          flexShrink: 0,
+          marginY: '1rem',
+          background: 'greyscale.250',
+        })}
+      />
+      <H
+        lvl={3}
+        variant={'h2'}
+        className={css({
+          fontWeight: 500,
+        })}
+        margin="sm"
+      >
+        {tAdmin('access.title')}
+      </H>
+      <Field
+        type="radioGroup"
+        label={tAdmin('access.type')}
+        value={accessLevel}
+        labelProps={{
+          className: css({
+            fontSize: '1rem',
+            paddingBottom: '1rem',
+          }),
+        }}
+        onChange={(value) => saveAccessLevel(value as ApiAccessLevel)}
+        items={[
+          {
+            value: ApiAccessLevel.PUBLIC,
+            label: tAdmin('access.levels.public.label'),
+            description: tAdmin('access.levels.public.description'),
+          },
+          {
+            value: ApiAccessLevel.TRUSTED,
+            label: tAdmin('access.levels.trusted.label'),
+            description: tAdmin('access.levels.trusted.description'),
+          },
+          {
+            value: ApiAccessLevel.RESTRICTED,
+            label: tAdmin('access.levels.restricted.label'),
+            description: tAdmin('access.levels.restricted.description'),
+          },
+        ]}
+      />
+    </TabPanel>
+  )
+}

src/frontend/src/locales/de/notifications.json

@@ -54,5 +54,13 @@
       "default": "Deine Aufzeichnung wird gespeichert! Du erhältst eine E-Mail, sobald sie bereit ist."
     }
   },
+  "roleChanged": {
+    "body": "Deine Rolle wurde geändert. Du bist jetzt {{role}}.",
+    "roles": {
+      "owner": "Host",
+      "administrator": "Co-host",
+      "member": "Mitglied"
+    }
+  },
   "openMenu": "Menü öffnen"
 }