diff --git a/backend/tests/helpers/assertion-helpers.ts b/backend/tests/helpers/assertion-helpers.ts
index a875cd4..0966e79 100644
--- a/backend/tests/helpers/assertion-helpers.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/helpers/assertion-helpers.ts
@@ -513,6 +513,40 @@ const getPermissions = (roomId: string, role: ParticipantRole) => {
 	}
 };
 
+export const expectValidParticipantTokenResponse = (
+	response: any,
+	roomId: string,
+	participantName: string,
+	participantRole: ParticipantRole
+) => {
+	expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+	expect(response.body).toHaveProperty('token');
+
+	const token = response.body.token;
+	const decodedToken = decodeJWTToken(token);
+
+	const permissions = getPermissions(roomId, participantRole);
+
+	expect(decodedToken).toHaveProperty('sub', participantName);
+	expect(decodedToken).toHaveProperty('video', permissions.livekit);
+	expect(decodedToken).toHaveProperty('metadata');
+	const metadata = JSON.parse(decodedToken.metadata);
+	expect(metadata).toHaveProperty('role', participantRole);
+	expect(metadata).toHaveProperty('permissions', permissions.openvidu);
+
+	// Check that the token is included in a cookie
+	expect(response.headers['set-cookie']).toBeDefined();
+	const cookies = response.headers['set-cookie'] as unknown as string[];
+	const participantTokenCookie = cookies.find((cookie) =>
+		cookie.startsWith(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.PARTICIPANT_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME}=`)
+	) as string;
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toBeDefined();
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain(token);
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain('HttpOnly');
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain('SameSite=Strict');
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain('Path=/');
+};
+
 export const expectValidRecordingTokenResponse = (
 	response: any,
 	roomId: string,
@@ -523,7 +557,8 @@ export const expectValidRecordingTokenResponse = (
 	expect(response.status).toBe(200);
 	expect(response.body).toHaveProperty('token');
 
-	const decodedToken = decodeJWTToken(response.body.token);
+	const token = response.body.token;
+	const decodedToken = decodeJWTToken(token);
 
 	expect(decodedToken).toHaveProperty('video', {
 		room: roomId
@@ -535,6 +570,18 @@ export const expectValidRecordingTokenResponse = (
 		canRetrieveRecordings,
 		canDeleteRecordings
 	});
+
+	// Check that the token is included in a cookie
+	expect(response.headers['set-cookie']).toBeDefined();
+	const cookies = response.headers['set-cookie'] as unknown as string[];
+	const participantTokenCookie = cookies.find((cookie) =>
+		cookie.startsWith(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.RECORDING_TOKEN_COOKIE_NAME}=`)
+	) as string;
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toBeDefined();
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain(token);
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain('HttpOnly');
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain('SameSite=Strict');
+	expect(participantTokenCookie).toContain('Path=/');
 };
 
 const decodeJWTToken = (token: string) => {
diff --git a/backend/tests/helpers/request-helpers.ts b/backend/tests/helpers/request-helpers.ts
index 12e77e7..1510180 100644
--- a/backend/tests/helpers/request-helpers.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/helpers/request-helpers.ts
@@ -307,14 +307,7 @@ export const getRoomRoleBySecret = async (roomId: string, secret: string) => {
 	return response;
 };
 
-/**
- * Generates a participant token for a room and returns the cookie containing the token
- */
-export const generateParticipantToken = async (
-	roomId: string,
-	participantName: string,
-	secret: string
-): Promise<string> => {
+export const generateParticipantToken = async (participantOptions: any) => {
 	checkAppIsRunning();
 
 	// Disable authentication to generate the token
@@ -325,12 +318,25 @@ export const generateParticipantToken = async (
 	// Generate the participant token
 	const response = await request(app)
 		.post(`${INTERNAL_CONFIG.INTERNAL_API_BASE_PATH_V1}/participants/token`)
-		.send({
-			roomId,
-			participantName,
-			secret
-		})
-		.expect(200);
+		.send(participantOptions);
+	return response;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Generates a participant token for a room and returns the cookie containing the token
+ */
+export const generateParticipantTokenCookie = async (
+	roomId: string,
+	participantName: string,
+	secret: string
+): Promise<string> => {
+	// Generate the participant token
+	const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+		roomId,
+		participantName,
+		secret
+	});
+	expect(response.status).toBe(200);
 
 	// Return the participant token cookie
 	const cookies = response.headers['set-cookie'] as unknown as string[];
@@ -406,8 +412,6 @@ export const generateRecordingToken = async (roomId: string, secret: string) =>
  * Generates a token for retrieving/deleting recordings from a room and returns the cookie containing the token
  */
 export const generateRecordingTokenCookie = async (roomId: string, secret: string) => {
-	checkAppIsRunning();
-
 	// Generate the recording token
 	const response = await generateRecordingToken(roomId, secret);
 	expect(response.status).toBe(200);
diff --git a/backend/tests/helpers/test-scenarios.ts b/backend/tests/helpers/test-scenarios.ts
index 5c18e68..97859f0 100644
--- a/backend/tests/helpers/test-scenarios.ts
+++ b/backend/tests/helpers/test-scenarios.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { MeetRoom } from '../../src/typings/ce';
 import { expectValidStartRecordingResponse } from './assertion-helpers';
 import {
 	createRoom,
-	generateParticipantToken,
+	generateParticipantTokenCookie,
 	joinFakeParticipant,
 	sleep,
 	startRecording,
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export const setupSingleRoom = async (withParticipant = false): Promise<RoomData
 	// Extract the room secrets and generate participant tokens, saved as cookies
 	const { moderatorSecret, publisherSecret } = MeetRoomHelper.extractSecretsFromRoom(room);
 	const [moderatorCookie, publisherCookie] = await Promise.all([
-		generateParticipantToken(room.roomId, 'MODERATOR', moderatorSecret),
-		generateParticipantToken(room.roomId, 'PUBLISHER', publisherSecret),
+		generateParticipantTokenCookie(room.roomId, 'MODERATOR', moderatorSecret),
+		generateParticipantTokenCookie(room.roomId, 'PUBLISHER', publisherSecret),
 		// Join participant if needed
 		withParticipant ? joinFakeParticipant(room.roomId, 'TEST_PARTICIPANT') : Promise.resolve()
 	]);
diff --git a/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/generate-token.test.ts b/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/generate-token.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bac9f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/integration/api/participants/generate-token.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from '@jest/globals';
+import { ParticipantRole } from '../../../../src/typings/ce/participant.js';
+import { expectValidationError, expectValidParticipantTokenResponse } from '../../../helpers/assertion-helpers.js';
+import { deleteAllRooms, generateParticipantToken, startTestServer } from '../../../helpers/request-helpers.js';
+import { RoomData, setupSingleRoom } from '../../../helpers/test-scenarios.js';
+
+const participantName = 'TEST_PARTICIPANT';
+
+describe('Participant API Tests', () => {
+	let roomData: RoomData;
+
+	beforeAll(async () => {
+		startTestServer();
+		roomData = await setupSingleRoom();
+	});
+
+	afterAll(async () => {
+		await deleteAllRooms();
+	});
+
+	describe('Generate Participant Token Tests', () => {
+		it('should generate a participant token with moderator permissions when using the moderator secret', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				secret: roomData.moderatorSecret
+			});
+			expectValidParticipantTokenResponse(
+				response,
+				roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				ParticipantRole.MODERATOR
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should generate a participant token with publisher permissions when using the publisher secret', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				secret: roomData.publisherSecret
+			});
+			expectValidParticipantTokenResponse(
+				response,
+				roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				ParticipantRole.PUBLISHER
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should fail with 409 when participant already exists in the room', async () => {
+			roomData = await setupSingleRoom(true);
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				secret: roomData.moderatorSecret
+			});
+			expect(response.status).toBe(409);
+
+			// Recreate the room without the participant
+			roomData = await setupSingleRoom();
+		});
+
+		it('should fail with 404 when room does not exist', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: 'non_existent_room',
+				participantName,
+				secret: roomData.moderatorSecret
+			});
+			expect(response.status).toBe(404);
+		});
+
+		it('should fail with 400 when secret is invalid', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				secret: 'invalid_secret'
+			});
+			expect(response.status).toBe(400);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('Generate Participant Token Validation Tests', () => {
+		it('should fail when roomId is not provided', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				participantName,
+				secret: roomData.moderatorSecret
+			});
+			expectValidationError(response, 'roomId', 'Required');
+		});
+
+		it('should fail when participantName is not provided', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				secret: roomData.moderatorSecret
+			});
+			expectValidationError(response, 'participantName', 'Required');
+		});
+
+		it('should fail when secret is not provided', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName
+			});
+			expectValidationError(response, 'secret', 'Required');
+		});
+
+		it('should fail when participantName is empty', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName: '',
+				secret: roomData.moderatorSecret
+			});
+			expectValidationError(response, 'participantName', 'Participant name is required');
+		});
+
+		it('should fail when secret is empty', async () => {
+			const response = await generateParticipantToken({
+				roomId: roomData.room.roomId,
+				participantName,
+				secret: ''
+			});
+			expectValidationError(response, 'secret', 'Secret is required');
+		});
+	});
+});