diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.js
index dbfea873f9..26fed096ed 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.js
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ async function grantTokenAccessReadAndWrite(req, res, next) {
         req.ip,
         { privileges: 'readAndWrite' }
       )
+      AnalyticsManager.recordEventForUserInBackground(
+        userId,
+        'project-joined',
+        {
+          mode: 'read-write',
+          projectId: project._id.toString(),
+        }
+      )
       // Currently does not enforce the collaborator limit (warning phase)
       await CollaboratorsHandler.promises.addUserIdToProject(
         project._id,
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/src/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.js b/services/web/test/unit/src/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.js
index c010be0b54..4dcc439b4d 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/src/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/src/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.js
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ describe('TokenAccessController', function () {
 
     this.AnalyticsManager = {
       recordEventForSession: sinon.stub(),
+      recordEventForUserInBackground: sinon.stub(),
     }
 
     this.UserGetter = {
@@ -252,6 +253,15 @@ describe('TokenAccessController', function () {
           )
         })
 
+        it('records a project-joined event for the user', function () {
+          expect(
+            this.AnalyticsManager.recordEventForUserInBackground
+          ).to.have.been.calledWith(this.user._id, 'project-joined', {
+            mode: 'read-write',
+            projectId: this.project._id.toString(),
+          })
+        })
+
         it('emits a project membership changed event', function () {
           expect(
             this.EditorRealTimeController.emitToRoom