Currently, virt-launcher pods include Velero pre- and post-backup hook annotations by default. These annotations trigger virt-freezer commands via the guest agent during Velero backup operations.

In multiple scenarios, these default annotations cause Velero backups to fail.

Always

1. Create VM
2. virt-launcher is created with velero hook annotations
3. Attempt to perform backup in cases like the ones described in https://issues.redhat.com/browse/CNV-75370 

virt-launcher is created with velero hooks and backup fails

Annotations should be optional or kubevirt should provide a way to avoid injecting the annotations