PKGBUILDS fail to clone correctly

Affected Version

yay v12.0.4.r6.g64bb346 - libalpm v13.0.2

Describe the bug

The PKGBUILDS for packages are unable to clone properly due to permission errors, even with root permissions.

Reproduction Steps

1. Clean your yay cache with yay -Scc
2. Try to install a package eg. yay -S rsyslog
3. Experience a chain of errors occurring

Expected behavior

The PKGBUILDS should've cloned properly and the package should have been installed.

Output

There's a lot of errors occurring:

AUR Explicit (1): rsyslog-8.2302.0-1
AUR Make Dependency (4): liblogging-1.0.6-3, librelp-1.10.0-1, libestr-0.1.11-1, libfastjson-0.99.9-2
:: (0/5) Downloaded PKGBUILD: rsyslog
:: (0/5) Downloaded PKGBUILD: libestr
:: (0/5) Downloaded PKGBUILD: libfastjson
:: (0/5) Downloaded PKGBUILD: librelp
:: (1/5) Downloaded PKGBUILD: liblogging
 -> error fetching rsyslog: fatal: could not create work tree dir 'rsyslog': Permission denied
         context: exit status 128

error fetching libestr: fatal: could not create work tree dir 'libestr': Permission denied
         context: exit status 128

error fetching libfastjson: fatal: could not create work tree dir 'libfastjson': Permission denied
         context: exit status 128

error fetching librelp: fatal: could not create work tree dir 'librelp': Permission denied
         context: exit status 128

The configuration is:

{
        "aururl": "https://aur.archlinux.org",
        "aurrpcurl": "https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc?",
        "buildDir": "/var/cache/yay",
        "editor": "",
        "editorflags": "",
        "makepkgbin": "makepkg",
        "makepkgconf": "",
        "pacmanbin": "pacman",
        "pacmanconf": "/etc/pacman.conf",
        "redownload": "no",
        "rebuild": "no",
        "answerclean": "",
        "answerdiff": "",
        "answeredit": "",
        "answerupgrade": "",
        "gitbin": "git",
        "gpgbin": "gpg",
        "gpgflags": "",
        "mflags": "",
        "sortby": "votes",
        "searchby": "name-desc",
        "gitflags": "",
        "removemake": "ask",
        "sudobin": "doas",
        "sudoflags": "",
        "version": "12.0.4.r6.g64bb346",
        "requestsplitn": 150,
        "completionrefreshtime": 7,
        "maxconcurrentdownloads": 0,
        "bottomup": true,
        "sudoloop": false,
        "timeupdate": false,
        "devel": true,
        "cleanAfter": false,
        "provides": true,
        "pgpfetch": true,
        "upgrademenu": true,
        "cleanmenu": true,
        "diffmenu": true,
        "editmenu": false,
        "combinedupgrade": true,
        "useask": false,
        "batchinstall": false,
        "singlelineresults": false,
        "separatesources": true,
        "newinstallengine": true,
        "debug": false,
        "rpc": true,
        "doubleconfirm": true
}

Hey @piotr25691, to confirm, are you running yay as root?

(also checking permissions of folders in the cache might help debug)

Hey @piotr25691, to confirm, are you running yay as root?

(also checking permissions of folders in the cache might help debug)

Yes I'm trying to run it as root and the permissions are the defaults