diff --git a/tests/soak/core/room-coordinator.ts b/tests/soak/core/room-coordinator.ts
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+/**
+ * RoomCoordinator — tiny host→joiners handoff primitive.
+ *
+ * Lazy Deferred per roomId. `announce` resolves the promise; `await`
+ * blocks until the promise resolves or a per-call timeout fires.
+ * Rooms are keyed by string; each key has at most one Deferred.
+ */
+
+import { deferred, Deferred } from './deferred';
+import type { RoomCoordinatorApi } from './types';
+
+export class RoomCoordinator implements RoomCoordinatorApi {
+  private rooms = new Map<string, Deferred<string>>();
+
+  announce(roomId: string, code: string): void {
+    this.getOrCreate(roomId).resolve(code);
+  }
+
+  async await(roomId: string, timeoutMs: number = 30_000): Promise<string> {
+    const d = this.getOrCreate(roomId);
+    let timer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
+    const timeout = new Promise<never>((_, reject) => {
+      timer = setTimeout(() => {
+        reject(new Error(`RoomCoordinator: room "${roomId}" timed out after ${timeoutMs}ms`));
+      }, timeoutMs);
+    });
+    try {
+      return await Promise.race([d.promise, timeout]);
+    } finally {
+      if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private getOrCreate(roomId: string): Deferred<string> {
+    let d = this.rooms.get(roomId);
+    if (!d) {
+      d = deferred<string>();
+      this.rooms.set(roomId, d);
+    }
+    return d;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/soak/tests/room-coordinator.test.ts b/tests/soak/tests/room-coordinator.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { RoomCoordinator } from '../core/room-coordinator';
+
+describe('RoomCoordinator', () => {
+  it('resolves await with the announced code (announce then await)', async () => {
+    const rc = new RoomCoordinator();
+    rc.announce('room-1', 'ABCD');
+    await expect(rc.await('room-1')).resolves.toBe('ABCD');
+  });
+
+  it('resolves await with the announced code (await then announce)', async () => {
+    const rc = new RoomCoordinator();
+    const p = rc.await('room-2');
+    rc.announce('room-2', 'WXYZ');
+    await expect(p).resolves.toBe('WXYZ');
+  });
+
+  it('rejects await after timeout if not announced', async () => {
+    const rc = new RoomCoordinator();
+    await expect(rc.await('room-3', 50)).rejects.toThrow(/timed out/i);
+  });
+
+  it('isolates rooms — announcing room-A does not unblock room-B', async () => {
+    const rc = new RoomCoordinator();
+    const pB = rc.await('room-B', 100);
+    rc.announce('room-A', 'A-CODE');
+    await expect(pB).rejects.toThrow(/timed out/i);
+  });
+});