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Consider the following MWE:

\documentclass[italian]{standalone}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{cd}
\usetikzlibrary{babel}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzcd}
  A \arrow[dr, "\psi\phi"'] \arrow[r, "\phi"] & B \arrow[d, "\psi"] \\
                                 & C
\end{tikzcd}
\end{document}

It gives this error during compilation:

! Undefined control sequence.
\italian@sh@"@ ...it@next {''}\else \def \it@next 
                                                  {\futurelet \it@temp \it@c...
l.12 \end{tikzcd}

If you remove the [italian] option, it compiles nicely, providing the expected figure enter image description here

Yet, I have used the babel library in tikz, as suggested in this question and in this one or this one.

What am I doing wrong?

Edit: as requested, I include the log file

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! Undefined control sequence. \italian@sh@"@ ...it@next {''}\else \def \it@next {\futurelet \it@temp \it@c... l.12 \end{tikzcd}

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Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 14292 strings out of 480123 302567 string characters out of 5893104 595571 words of memory out of 5000000 32040 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000 469259 words of font info for 28 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000 81 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 100i,13n,104p,457b,939s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,80000s No pages of output.

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    Your code compiles without error for me. Is your tex distribution up-to-date? Can you show your .log file so we can see which package versions etc. you use? – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Nov 27 '23 at 15:44
  • @samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz The log file is quite long: how can I show it? In any case, I use latex on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa), so I think it should be quite up to date. In particular, tkz is v3.1.9a and babel is 3.70 – brad Nov 27 '23 at 15:51
  • What is the first say 5 lines of your log? It gives us some idea about the age of your LaTeX dist – daleif Nov 27 '23 at 15:52
  • The current babel version is v3.97 and tikz is v3.1.10 – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Nov 27 '23 at 15:52
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    The example compiles without errors for me on TL23,22,21,20,19 – daleif Nov 27 '23 at 15:54
  • Also check the log to see if you have a stray manual file somewhere, that is shadowing a file from the installation. – daleif Nov 27 '23 at 15:58
  • For me the log file is less than 500 linies. I do not remember the upper limit for the about of lines in a question on the site. – daleif Nov 27 '23 at 16:00
  • @daleif : log is 718 lines – brad Nov 27 '23 at 16:09
  • How can I attach it? Just include it as code in the question? – brad Nov 27 '23 at 16:10
  • You can edit the question and past it to it as code, yes. – Jasper Habicht Nov 27 '23 at 16:16
  • It compiles fine with every distribution Overleaf has to offer and they go back to 2014 ... It seems unlikely that it is a version issue, I'd say. – Jasper Habicht Nov 27 '23 at 16:18
  • I can't attach the full log: it is 35569 characters and there is a limit of 30000 :( I will attach just the first lines – brad Nov 27 '23 at 16:21
  • Is the error you show the first error in the log? Often, the first error is the one that shows the real problem. – Jasper Habicht Nov 27 '23 at 16:22
  • Now the log is attached: I just deleted a few similar lines – brad Nov 27 '23 at 16:23
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    Language: italian 2005/11/17 v1.2r Italian support from the babel system Package babel Info: Making " an active character on input line 91. > Your Italian package for babel is quite old. Try to update it. – Jasper Habicht Nov 27 '23 at 16:25
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    Ok, problem solved! I had a very old Italian support from a very old babel installation which survived upon reinstallation of the system and I was not aware of it. My bad... :( Many thanks to everybody – brad Nov 27 '23 at 16:33
  • @JasperHabicht If you would put your comment as answer, I will accept it. – brad Nov 27 '23 at 16:33

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