Ansible error "failed to create temporary directory"

Question

I am trying to use a jumpbox to reach my target VM on ansible. I have the following file structure

play.yaml
hosts
  serverA
  serverB
  testServers/
    serverX
    serverY
    group_vars/
      all.yml

server[X,Y] host file contains

[serverType]
1.2.3.4

all.yml file under hosts/testServers/ contain

ansible_ssh_private_key_file: key.priv
proxy_user: myServiceAccount
proxy_user_key: key.priv
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o ProxyCommand="ssh -i {{ proxy_user_key }} -W %h:%p -q {{ proxy_user }}@{{ bastion_host }}

I have a ping module in play.yaml

- hosts: all  
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:
  - action: ping

I run the following command

ansible-playbook -vvvv play.yaml -i hosts/testServers/serverX 
  -e ansible_ssh_user="$LDAP_USER" -e ansible_ssh_pass="$LDAP_PASS" 
  -e ansible_become_pass="$LDAP_PASS"
  -e bastion_host="$BASTION_NAME"

I get the following error

Failed to create temporary directory.In some cases, you may have
been able to authenticate and did not have permissions on the
target directory. Consider changing the remote tmp path in
ansible.cfg to a path rooted in \"/tmp\", for more error
information use -vvv. Failed command was: ( umask 77 && mkdir -p
\"` echo /tmp `\"&& mkdir
/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626262883.727861-210-80403864334304 && echo
ansible-tmp-1626262883.727861-210-80403864334304=\"` echo
/tmp/ansible-tmp-1626262883.727861-210-80403864334304 `\" ),
exited with result 6

To consider

the ssh_user has permissions to rwx permissions on /tmp
the remote_tmp is set to /tmp in ansible.cfg
the ssh configs are set correctly on the source VM and the keypairs are working as expected by following this tutorial https://blog.ruanbekker.com/blog/2020/10/26/use-a-ssh-jump-host-with-ansible/

Ansible error "failed to create temporary directory"

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